Make Your First Year of Retirement Unforgettable: The Best Unique and Fun Activities to Make the Most of Your Newfound Freedom (The Ultimate Gift for Retirees) - Couverture souple

Thompson, Harry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3910634141 ISBN 13 : 9783910634145

Editeur : DJTS Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

The farewell party is over, the cards are on the kitchen table, and on Monday morning nobody is waiting for you. Now what?

Many new retirees know that moment. For decades the calendar was full, and suddenly it is empty. The first weeks feel like a vacation. After that, a lot of people notice they have plenty of time and no plan for it. And many idea lists seem to be written for someone with a big pension and perfect knees.

Make Your First Year of Retirement Unforgettable is a big book of ideas, more than 500 of them, sorted into chapters so you can browse by mood. Every activity appears only once. Most ideas end with three short notes: a concrete first step for this week, a way to do it for little or no money, and an easier version for tired knees, less energy or a life without a car. Where it helps, the book points to places that really exist near you: the library, the senior center, the parks department, a community college or a well-known volunteer program.

What you will find inside:

• Adventures: house-sitting, slow train journeys, a month in one place, national parks, tide pools, whale watching, a dragon boat team and summer camps for grown-ups.
• Your creative side: quilling, embroidery, pottery, calligraphy, a ukulele group, a choir, a reading nook in the garden shed and raised beds that are kind to your back.
• Lifelong learning: auditing a university course, sign language, first aid, card magic, family history from the kitchen table and technology from smartphone photos to ham radio.
• A lasting legacy: volunteering close to home, reading with children, mentoring small business owners, starting a club, having a say in local decisions and giving in ways that fit your budget.
• Personal growth: a bucket list that fits your real life, new and renewed friendships, a small business, tai chi, chair yoga, walking soccer, your memoir and puzzles for the mind.
• Having fun: festivals and fairs, a street food crawl, line dancing and tea dances, a few well-organized thrills and kind pranks that make everyone laugh.

Many ideas cost nothing: a walking club, a free lecture series from the library, an afternoon recording a relative's stories. Others are the big dreams you have been putting off for years. Between them, there is something for the homebody, the traveler and the one who has never sat still.

A gift for the new retiree. Giving it as a gift? You do not need to know their hobbies, their budget or how fit they are. Whoever opens it will find a few pages that sound exactly like them, and probably one idea they would never have thought of on their own. A good fit for a retirement party, next to the card and the cake.

Open it on the first free Monday, pick one idea and put a date next to it. That is how the year begins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DJTS Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3910634141
• ISBN 13: 9783910634145
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible