What’s the downside to retirement?
Some retirees find it difficult to adjust to not being “busy” and feel they’re missing out on new experiences.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Many continue to pursue knowledge and activity through various forms of “lifelong learning.”
“It’s an important way, or one of the important ways, in which you keep your mind and your brain working,” says Jack Stevenson, a retired professor and the president of RALUT (Retired Academics and Librarians of the University of Toronto), a seniors-advocacy program. “It does seem to have a positive effect on physical and mental health.”
Lifelong learning can...
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