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    How To Retire Happy Wild and Free - Ernie J.

    Zelinski

    Questions to ask yourself when figuring out what to do:

    • What is extremely important to me?


    • What makes me happy?
    • What made me happy in my childhood and my teens that I would like to do
    again?
    • What made me happy in my career that I would like to continue doing?
    • What would make me a much happier person? Having a lot more money or
    becoming famous can't be one of them.
    • What talents or skills am I most proud of?
    • What fields or endeavor invariably challenges me in new and exciting ways?
    • What makes me feel most creative?
    • What special talent have I neglected while putting in long and hard hours in
    my career?
    • What would I like to do that I have always wanted to do, but never got around
    to doing?
    • How would I like to make the world a better place in my own way?
    • What sort of legacy would I like to leave?

    "Whistle While You work: Heeding Your Life's Calling" by Richard J. Leider and David
    A. Shapiro

    1. What gift do I naturally give to others?


    2. What gift do I most enjoy giving to others?
    3. What gift have I most often given to others?

    Finding What To Do:

    • Activities that turn you on now


    • Activities that have turned you on in the past (but you have stopped doing)
    • New activities you have thought of doing (but haven't done yet)

    Three important needs


    1. Structure
    2. Community
    3. Purpose

    Questions to ask yourself annually:

    • Am I in control of my lifestyle?
    • Do I make the most of my money to give me the best quality of life?
    • What can I achieve in my retirement that would make me proud?
    • What can I do that is unique?
    • Do I have enough great friend in my life?
    • Do I devote sufficient time to see my close friends?
    • Do I watch too much TV?
    • Does my lifestyle complement my partner's?
    • Do I travel as much as I would like?
    • Do my time commitments allow me to make a contribution to making this
    world a better place?
    • Do my time commitments allow me to indulge in creative endeavors?
    • Am I developing spiritually as a human being?
    • Do I exercise enough, in my own enjoyable way?
    • Do I complain too much?
    • Am I as grateful as I should be for what I have in my life?
    • Am I continually learning something new?
    • Do I do something special for myself each and every day?
    • Do I take enough time to meditate and keep my mind in tiptop shape?
    • Am I living in the right country or in the right part of the country?
    • What will make me feel better?
    • Do I have everything I need to be happy, but don't realize it?

    Experiencing leisure activities to the fullest:

    • A feeling of freedom
    • Total absorption in the activity at hand
    • Lack of focus on self
    • Enhanced perceptions of objects and events
    • Little awareness of the passage of time
    • Increased sensitivity to body sensations
    • Increased sensitivity to emotions

    Six important suggestions:

    • Take the time to find out what you really want to do with your life
    • Take more risks
    • Lighten up and don't take life so seriously
    • Be more patient
    • It's best to suffer from the Peter-Pan syndrome. Relive your younger
    days. What were your dreams when you were young?
    • Live the moment more

    Do the simple things that are important for your happiness:

    • Spend time with the people and things you like


    • Strive for personal freedom
    • Don't lose touch with the craziness within yourself
    • Freedom entails non-attachment to what others can not do without
    • Show gratitude for what you have on a daily basis
    • Resist accepting society's ways of living as the right one
    • Try to reconnect with your childhood tendencies
    • Keep in mind that happiness is a mode of travel and not the destination
    • Involve yourself in something that is vital and purposeful
    • Get a focused, satisfying, balanced life
    • Make small pleasures your biggest priority
    • Laugh and have fun regardless of the situation
    • Make your stay on earth as close to a heavenly experience as it can be

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