{"id":113507,"date":"2020-11-17T04:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/there-are-six-types-of-retirees-which-are-you-2\/"},"modified":"2020-11-17T04:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:43:00","slug":"there-are-six-types-of-retirees-which-are-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-are-six-types-of-retirees-which-are-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  There are six types of retirees \u2014 which are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3efdcc3fe\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f3efdcc3fe\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-are-six-types-of-retirees-which-are-you-2\/#How_to_keep_from_being_overwhelmed_so_you_can_enjoy_your_retirement_instead\" >How to keep from being overwhelmed so you can enjoy your retirement instead<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-are-six-types-of-retirees-which-are-you-2\/#Alessandra_Malito\" >Alessandra Malito<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  There are six types of retirees \u2014 which are you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_keep_from_being_overwhelmed_so_you_can_enjoy_your_retirement_instead\"><\/span>\n  How to keep from being overwhelmed so you can enjoy your retirement instead<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000067421\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       New retirees are like recent college graduates \u2014 they\u2019re on their own after years of the same routine, and they have to find a new path to follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> That\u2019s how Nancy K. Schlossberg, an author and former counseling professor, sees it. And she should know, having written about the transition to retirement for decades and switching paths a few times herself in the last couple of decades. Now at 91, she\u2019s starting an entirely new journey, acting as a consultant for Zoom programs about transitions in life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       She came across the six types of retirees, as she identifies them, when she herself retired more than 20 years ago. \u201cI was a little bit at sea when I retired,\u201d she said. \u201cMy field was transitions and counseling. I expected it to be easy and it was not.\u201d After searching, she decided to write about retiring, adjusting to a new lifestyle and making the most of this next phase. She began interviewing retirees about the avenues they took to where they are today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These are the six types of retirees, and what defines them:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>See:<\/strong> You\u2019re probably not ready to retire \u2014 psychologically<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Adventurer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This type of retiree ventures into the unknown, taking on a new job they\u2019ve never done before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One man she spoke with was the head of a research group for Congress in his 60s when he lost his job. He took a sailing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> and reflected, and remembered when his wife and child died years ago, massage therapy helped him heal. He came home and told his wife he planned to go into massage therapy. Another woman Schlossberg interviewed was a homemaker \u2014 the chief executive officer of a small family business, as she describes women who stay home to help raise a family \u2014 and in the middle of transitioning to retirement because her children were grown and moved out. She loved art museums, so she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to be a docent.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can experiment with a new hobby or job based on their interests. One way to break into the field is to become an intern, Schlossberg said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Continuer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThen there were people like me, who continued doing some of what I had done but in a modified way,\u201d she said. Schlossberg was no longer a professor, or had a job with a salary, but she was walking a path she was familiar with \u2014 conducting interviews and research in a field she had been in for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Easy Glider\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One man told her he was going to \u201csloth,\u201d as in do nothing and see where life takes him. \u201cAn easy glider is a person who has no agenda, who just wakes up in the morning and asks \u2018what should I do?\u2019 and lets each day emerge,\u201d Schlossberg said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This path doesn\u2019t work for everyone. Some people may feel stir crazy if they don\u2019t have a new routine or purpose in retirement. But for others, especially those in physically demanding jobs, it\u2019s a way to enjoy the little moments of the day with relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Involved Spectator\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the type of person who wants to be immersed in a field, although not make a full-time job of it. For example, a retired museum director who goes to art exhibits all the time, or a retired political consultant who is still very involved in political events, like voter registration. \u201cThey\u2019re really involved, not as workers but as spectators,\u201d Schlossberg said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Searcher\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone is a searcher at some point in their retirement, because they\u2019re figuring out their next move. Someone may be a searcher as soon as they retire, or years after they initially retired, like Schlossberg did. She was a continuer \u2014 writing book after book \u2014 but then she realized she had enough of that. After some time to think about it, she decided she\u2019d help organizations in other ways, such as develop Zoom programs about transitioning. \u201cI had no idea I would be a searcher again, and then to find at my age a new variation of a theme,\u201d she said. \u201cEverybody is going to be a searcher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Retreater\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When she was first conducting interviews with retirees, she considered this to be the more depressing transition. Essentially, the retreater is a \u201ccouch potato,\u201d she says, who \u201ccan\u2019t figure out what to do.\u201d But there are two types of retreaters \u2014 the one who is depressed in retirement because she has no purpose, and the one who is \u201cretreating\u201d until he can determine his next steps. \u201cThat\u2019s like taking time out,\u201d Schlossberg said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retirement is a time to explore. Figure out what interests you, what doesn\u2019t, and how you want to spend your free time in this next phase. Test out a few different fields, such as volunteering or going to events and establishments that fit your interests. \u201cIt\u2019s very similar to being a college graduate,\u201d Schlossberg said. \u201cThere are some people who know exactly what they want to do and the same is true with retirees. But there are those who don\u2019t know, and it is time to explore, to search, to just go wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schlossberg spoke with MarketWatch further about how people can determine what path best suits them, and how to make the most of this transition, even during a pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some people use retirement as the time to expand on a career they would have wanted to pursue if they could decades before, when money was tight or there were more hurdles to accomplishing these goals. It\u2019s important for retirees to estimate how much these activities might cost before pursuing them, just to ensure they are able to afford this new path as well as the necessities in retirement, such as housing, food, utilities and an emergency account. Their journey might even be lucrative, and bring in more income.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also see: <\/strong>Look to your childhood to find a new purpose in life<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no simple answer, there\u2019s no formula for it,\u201d Schlossberg said. \u201cIt gives you a feeling of possibility. I think that\u2019s what people like to hear about the paths \u2014 because it is about possibility.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>MarketWatch: <\/strong>Do you have any advice for how people can overcome feeling overwhelmed by these paths, especially if they identify with more than one retiree archetype?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schlossberg: <\/strong>Some people can be helped by reading books or talking to a counselor, or someone who is passionate about careers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are living longer. I mean, who would have ever thought at 91 I\u2019d still be working? It seems unbelievable to me. But we are living longer and have time to do things. Not everyone is going to live to 91, but longevity is making a big difference. So search for help. For myself, I always try to think of a little project. One I did in between things a few years ago was volunteer at a wonderful senior friendship center. Next thing, I was coleading a group and I still am. It\u2019s called the \u201cAging Rebels.\u201d It wasn\u2019t to make money, it was to think about issues that are concerning \u2014 like loneliness, lack of purpose, all things older people think about.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>MarketWatch: <\/strong>Do you think the pandemic will have an impact on people\u2019s transitions to retirement?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schlossberg: <\/strong>A lot of it will be what is available to people because of the pandemic. It has made division between the rich and poor even greater than it was, so I think there has to be short-term goals and long-term goals. The short-term can be, what can you do now to make sure you have a roof over your head. The long-term is, what do you want to do in the long run? I think you need to think of both simultaneously.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Alessandra Malito\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alessandra_Malito\"><\/span>Alessandra Malito<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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