What makes you happy?
We focus on having purpose in retirement, but what about seeking or prioritising happiness? There is value in creating space for both. If knowing what makes you happy is challenging, here is a tool to work on this.

We focus on having purpose in retirement, but what about seeking or prioritising happiness? There is value in creating space for both. If knowing what makes you happy is challenging, here is a tool to work on this.

Retirement is uncertain. An unknown. And that can make us afraid, stuck, and limit what we do with our lives. In doing everyday things or new things, we give ourselves the option and potential for something more to happen.

Shirley Valentine, the lead in Willy Russell's iconic play and later film of the same name, highlights our potential to change life into something meaningful when we feel that we have lost ourselves, and to use the next stage of our life well.

A year end can give us an extra push and perspective to look back on the past year of our life, both the positives and negatives. Here are a few questions to help you celebrate, reflect and learn, and to set your intentions for the next year.