{"id":360283,"date":"2021-10-30T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brett-arendss-roi-when-planning-for-retirement-start-planning-ways-to-have-fun\/"},"modified":"2021-10-30T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T17:40:00","slug":"brett-arendss-roi-when-planning-for-retirement-start-planning-ways-to-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brett-arendss-roi-when-planning-for-retirement-start-planning-ways-to-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brett Arends&#039;s ROI: When planning for retirement, start planning ways to have fun"},"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-6a3dcacd5710e\" 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-6a3dcacd5710e\" 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\/brett-arendss-roi-when-planning-for-retirement-start-planning-ways-to-have-fun\/#Retirement_comes_with_it_a_lot_of_free_time_But_in_order_to_maximize_your_health_and_happiness_in_the_golden_years_start_planning_how_you_want_to_fill_those_holes_in_your_schedule\" >Retirement comes with it a lot of free time. But in order to maximize your health and happiness in the golden years, start planning how you want to fill those holes in your schedule.<\/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\/brett-arendss-roi-when-planning-for-retirement-start-planning-ways-to-have-fun\/#Brett_Arends\" >Brett Arends<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Brett Arends&#039;s ROI: When planning for retirement, start planning ways to have fun<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Retirement_comes_with_it_a_lot_of_free_time_But_in_order_to_maximize_your_health_and_happiness_in_the_golden_years_start_planning_how_you_want_to_fill_those_holes_in_your_schedule\"><\/span>\n  Retirement comes with it a lot of free time. But in order to maximize your health and happiness in the golden years, start planning how you want to fill those holes in your schedule.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"article body\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000466856\" role=\"document\">\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<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000466856\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Whether you\u2019re already retired or not, you probably know two types of retirees. Some of them have never had so much fun. They embrace the freedom of their senior years with both hands. Their days are so full of meaningful activities that they joke \u201cI don\u2019t know how I ever had time to work.\u201d Others, though, hang up their work clothes one Friday and then seem to face the remaining years of their live like a blank page. What next, they seem to ask? What am I supposed to do with all this time?<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       I always remember that scene in Godfather II where Hyman Roth, the aging gangster who is still scheming to kill people and make yet more millions, is whiling away his afternoon alone watching TV while his wife makes him a sandwich.<\/p>\n<p> What can we do to make sure we\u2019re in the first category \u2014 that our golden years are as rich and full as possible, rather than an empty wasteland of daytime TV? It\u2019s not just about being busy; it\u2019s about making sure that when we\u2019re retired we get the most enjoyment out of all that free time we\u2019ve got left and which we\u2019ve earned.<\/p>\n<p>After all, many of us are going to have 20, 30 or even more years of free time after we finally hand in our company phone.<\/p>\n<p>To get some answers I spoke this week to Catherine Price, author of a forthcoming book, \u201cThe Power of Fun.\u201d Price, an established <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> writer and the previous author of How To Break Up With Your Phone, has investigated the surprisingly tricky questions of what is really \u201cfun\u201d and how can we get more of it. This included not only delving into all the scientific research on the subject \u2014 there is less than you would hope \u2014 but also recruiting a \u201cFun Squad\u201d of 1,500 volunteers around the globe, to work out what makes them really, truly, h<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>y.<\/p>\n<p>What did she find, and how can it help us?<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell: If we want to make sure we have real fun for the rest of our lives, and especially in retirement, we can\u2019t just leave it to chance or hope for the best. We have to think about it specifically, and plan for it, and take steps to get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest things for people to think about is that leisure time is not going be inherently enjoyable,\u201d she says. \u201cThere is \u2018work\u2019 to be done\u2026 Watching Netflix for 6 hours a day for the rest of your life may entertain you, but is not going to give your life meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>, she warns, our hours are increasingly filled with \u201cfake fun\u201d \u2013 from binge watching TV to scrolling through \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>\u201d media for hours at a time. \u201cTrue Fun,\u201d she argues, is different. Her research leads her to believe when we have the most fun we are experiencing three things.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first is play: We are doing something for its own sake, whether it\u2019s playing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s or music, hiking a mountain, skiing, or whatever. The second is \u201cconnection\u201d; even introverts, Price found, said the times they had the most fun tended to be when they were experiencing a connection with others. And the third is called \u201cflow,\u201d meaning you get so engrossed that you lose track of time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Fun isn\u2019t frivolous, either. There is enormous scientific evidence that happiness and well-being are also associated with better health and longer life. Have more fun in retirement and we\u2019ll probably stay healthier and live longer.<\/p>\n<p>Price also described true fun as activities that are both enjoyable and\u00a0<em>energizing<\/em>. The kind of thing that makes you leap out of bed in the morning, eager to get into it.<\/p>\n<p>So how do we make this work for us? It\u2019s a three-stage process.<\/p>\n<p>The first step, Price argues, is finding out when we\u2019ve experienced the most fun in our own lives. After all, each of us is unique. \u201cTrue fun,\u201d she says, \u201cis an emotional experience, not an activity.\u201d She encourages us to think back over our lives \u2014 going all the way back to childhood if need be, to identity the moments when we had the most fun, when we felt most alive and engaged and when we laughed the most. She also suggests keeping a notebook or journal for a couple of weeks, and writing down moments that involve these magic elements of play, connection or flow.<\/p>\n<p>The second step is working out what these events have in common and what themes emerge. What are our \u201cfun magnets\u201d and \u201cfun factors,\u201d as she calls them? What are the activities, the people, and the settings that typically generate the most fun for us? Do they involve physical activities like sports? Creativity? Music? Shared group experiences? Do we have the most fun in big groups or small ones? Playing chess with a friend in a caffe, or going to a big concert? Everyone is different.<\/p>\n<p>And the third step, naturally, is taking steps to use these discoveries to fill our lives with more fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Price uses the acronym SPARK for this one. Make space for fun \u2014 both physical space and space in calendars. Pursue passions, activities and hobbies. Attract fun through pro-fun actions and a pro-fun mindset. Rebel against the rules, habits and conventions that hold us back. Finally, keep at it \u2014 because persistence is a key ingredient of success in pretty much everything.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: If we want to have fun in retirement, we can\u2019t just leave it to chance.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Brett Arends\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/brett-arends\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettArends\",\"text\":\"@BrettArends\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:barends@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"barends@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brett_Arends\"><\/span>Brett Arends<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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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