All four phases blur into one year for us. We vacation part of the year, feel lost part of the year, try out new things part of the year, and generally at the end of the year, reinvent and rewire for next year.
Trying to put people in boxes like this strikes me as just pointless and without merit. Our journey has been a mixture with not a lot of "lost." Covid screwed up the vacation part. Now we're getting ready for our final visit to Drs. for DW of 52 years to get finalized diagnosis of Alzheimers. What f__king phase is that? She's doing just fine, me not so much. 71.
Like you, due to pandemic and serious health problems, Phase 1 was skipped. Difference for me was the next year or so. Loss, re-discovering old interests, and rewiring were all concurrent.I just came across this recent TED talk where the presenter suggests that there are 4 phases of retirement:
Here are the phases, roughly paraphrased:
Phase 1 - Vacation phase
Phase 2 - you feel loss and feel lost
Phase 3 - a time of trial and error, trying out new things
Phase 4 - a time to reinvent and rewire
Having retired at the beginning of the pandemic, I feel like Phase 1 completely slipped by without feeling that sense of "vacation" at all quite frankly.
I'd put myself at Phase 2, trying my darndest to get to Phase 3. It's been a touch Phase 2 in general and I'm ready to start enjoying things a bit more.
I know there are those of you who started out in Phase 1 and are still there...Or who jumped from Phase 1 to Phase 4. My hat is off to you!! Tell me your secret!!!
So how about you? Where do you fall? And, if you experienced Phase 2, how long would you say you were stuck there?
^This. Those labels are ridiculous
I just came across this recent TED talk where the presenter suggests that there are 4 phases of retirement:
Here are the phases, roughly paraphrased:
Phase 1 - Vacation phase
Phase 2 - you feel loss and feel lost
Phase 3 - a time of trial and error, trying out new things
Phase 4 - a time to reinvent and rewire
Having retired at the beginning of the pandemic, I feel like Phase 1 completely slipped by without feeling that sense of "vacation" at all quite frankly.
I'd put myself at Phase 2, trying my darndest to get to Phase 3. It's been a touch Phase 2 in general and I'm ready to start enjoying things a bit more.
I know there are those of you who started out in Phase 1 and are still there...Or who jumped from Phase 1 to Phase 4. My hat is off to you!! Tell me your secret!!!
So how about you? Where do you fall? And, if you experienced Phase 2, how long would you say you were stuck there?
I'm envious all you Phase 1 people!!!
In all honestly, this past year and a half has brought so many challenges that I wish we could just start all over.
Now, there's a thought...
no offense to the OP, but I always find these type of videos silly...
reminds me of those nonsensical tests I would have to take when I was working to find out what my "personality" was and how that could help me attract a certain type of client, blah, blah , blah blah , blah
I was in the happy phase when I retired 5+ years ago and I'm still in it today...retirement for me is an indescribable feeling of freedom...thats the phase I'm in!
Thank you for sharing this, I needed that! I also retired during COVID, so I too feel like I skipped phase 1. Phase 2 was too much for me, so I went back to work and reset to phase 0…
Before I re-retire, I need to have a non-financial retirement plan. The money part is easier to figure out, pretty basic math combined with some discipline and patience. The psychological aspect of retirement needs more attention.
It’s interesting to read all of these thoughts on the video. I wonder if there has been research into the difference in people who easily adjust to retirement and those that do not.
We’re all different.
Trying to put people in boxes like this strikes me as just pointless and without merit. Our journey has been a mixture with not a lot of "lost." Covid screwed up the vacation part. Now we're getting ready for our final visit to Drs. for DW of 52 years to get finalized diagnosis of Alzheimers. What f__king phase is that? She's doing just fine, me not so much. 71.