Being relevant

Seniors may experience a profound adjustment from a busy profession to retirement, which might leave them feeling bereaved. Open periods of time take the place of the once-familiar rhythms of office life, which can cause some people to feel aimless and eventually experience cognitive deterioration. Retirement is becoming viewed as a transforming preface to self-discovery and adventure rather than the last chapter of one's fruitful journey. It doesn't happen overnight. We have plenty of time to get ready for D-Day because we know exactly when we will retire. However, it is not simple when the moment comes.

It is undeniable that retirement causes some form of disruption in life: our routine, our position, and the cessation of our monthly income. When we are experiencing the "empty nest syndrome", retirement comes as a huge blow. After retirement, we have all the time we want. As working women, we struggled to find a balance between job and home, leaving us with little time for ourselves. Along with the unattractive "senior citizen tag" that comes with retirement savings, it might be difficult at first to adjust to the sudden change from a "hectic schedule" to a "laid back routine".

Even if we may have been able to conceal the obvious signs of aging over the years, retirement is a public confession of our age. Everyone has to accept that getting older is a given, even though it is not a pleasant one.

We are always under the impression that in order to have a meaningful life, we must be important to the people we live with. We retired UP professors are united in the belief that we should continue to have our opinions acknowledged and taken into account.

We are still in regular contact with our old co-workers, even if some of us have been retired for five years or longer. We still get to see each other occasionally, but when we talk, we usually talk about our former work environments and co-workers. In our group chats, we are still in regular communication.

Please ensure that we make a personal contact once more. Remember that keeping up this contact will benefit our former colleagues as much as us, enhancing our reputations and reliability in our respective networks. It is not acceptable to allow those deep friendships and ties go away simply because we no longer work together!

There is no denying that Facebook gives us access to the activities of both our near and distant friends. We were hesitant to make too many acquaintances in our workplace when we were employed. We gained a large number of new acquaintances after we retired. Probably more than we ever knew when we saw them every day, we now know more about what they are doing.

Do not simply get in touch when we need assistance. In both our personal and professional life, we all know someone like that. Do not be that individual. Do not only stay in touch when we need something from other people. Do not just show up out of nowhere, years later, asking for a favor.

When others sense that we are a kind person, they are more likely to want to stay in touch with us both now and in the future. They will be more eager to help us out. That is essential to any long-term partnership, no matter how frequently you hang out.

After all, even if we have already retired, we still like doing the things we are passionate about, and we are open to adopting novel habits and acquiring new knowledge, all of which are necessary for our continuous development as people.