Reflections on Retirement: The Sunset Can be Spooktacular!

Abstract

Where are we headed, oh, where have we gone? We’ve come a long way, now, let us move on. Dreams are for dreaming, wake up and they run, Life is for living, come, let us move on.1 1JF Lapena, Moving on Retirement (n.); from French retirement (1570’s); retire + ment. Retire (v.) 1530s, of armies, “to retreat, draw back,” also, of persons, “to withdraw” to some place, especially for the sake of privacy; from French retirer – from re- “back” + tirer “to draw” and -ment; common suffix of Latin origin; came to be used as a formative in nouns of action in Vulgar Latin and Old French. The sense of “leave one’s business or occupation” is by 1660s.2 2Online Etymology Dictionary https://www.etymonline.com/word/retirement ©2001-2024 Douglas Harper

Keywords

• retirement
• recreation
• relaxation
• life experience
• life change events
• life crises