| Apparently there is still too much negativity | | | | |
| about retirement. The results of a recently | | | | Eat only when you are hungry. Drink only when |
| published RBC Retiring Boomers Poll found | | | | you're thirsty. Sleep only when you're tired. |
| that only 56 percent of Canadian baby boomers | | | | Screw only when you're horny. |
| nearing retirement believe the quality of | | | | |
| their lives will improve during their | | | | -Al Neuharth |
| retirement years. nterestingly, however, the | | | | |
| RBC researchers found that 79 percent of | | | | One should only see a psychiatrist out of |
| Canadian retirees believe that their quality | | | | boredom. |
| of life has improved after retirement. | | | | |
| | | | -Muriel Spark |
| For the 44 percent of people approaching | | | | |
| retirement who think that their quality of | | | | My only advice is to lay off alcohol, |
| live will be diminished, this is likely | | | | tobacco, and wild women. Any can kill you. |
| either a wealth or health matter. Yet | | | | |
| retirement health is not directly related to | | | | -James Biggs (104-year-old resident in a |
| retirement wealth. | | | | Dallas retirement-community) |
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| Fact is, many individuals approaching | | | | The only way to keep your health is to eat |
| retirement overestimate how much money they | | | | what you don't want, drink what you don't |
| will need to maintain an appropriate standard | | | | like, and do what you'd rather not. |
| of living. At the same time, a lot of people | | | | |
| are underestimating how well they can live in | | | | -Mark Twain |
| retirement. According to the RBC poll, the | | | | |
| great news is that about two thirds of | | | | Health is a state of complete physical, |
| retirees are continuing to live their lives | | | | mental and social well-being, and not merely |
| at the same standard of living and pace as | | | | the absence of disease or infirmity |
| when they were working. Undoubtedly, many of | | | | |
| these happy retirees are trying to figure out | | | | - Constitution The World Health Organization. |
| how they had time for work when they still | | | | |
| had a job. | | | | People who don't know how to keep themselves |
| | | | healthy ought to have the decency to get |
| In another vein, the RBC researchers found | | | | themselves buried, and not waste time about |
| that 90 percent of people in the "retirement | | | | it. |
| window" (individuals aged 50 to 69) are | | | | |
| concerned about health and wellness. What's | | | | - Henrik Ibsen |
| more, two-thirds of retirees spend more time | | | | |
| looking after themselves than they did when | | | | If I would have known that I was going to |
| they were in the workforce. | | | | live this long, I would have taken better |
| | | | care of myself. |
| Clearly, being healthy in retirement | | | | |
| contributes greatly to a sense of well-being. | | | | - Cartoon caption in the retirement book The |
| Individuals who look after themselves, eat | | | | Joy of Not Working |
| right and exercise, can look forward to a | | | | |
| healthier retirement than those who don't. | | | | Retirement Quotes and Retirement Sayings |
| The good news is that it's never too late to | | | | Related to How to Maintain Your Youth in Your |
| start a wellness program that targets optimum | | | | Retirement |
| weight, a healthy lifestyle, and sufficient | | | | |
| physical activity (at least an hour a day). | | | | Youth is not a question of years: one is |
| | | | young or old from birth. |
| Following are some retirement sayings and | | | | |
| retirement quotes related to how to maintain | | | | -Natalie Clifford Barney |
| your health and your youth in your | | | | |
| retirement: | | | | I am not young enough to know everything. |
| | | | |
| Retirement Quotes and Retirement Sayings | | | | - J. M. Barrie |
| Related to Health | | | | |
| | | | For God's sake give me the young man who has |
| Eat few suppers, and you'll need few | | | | brains enough to make a fool of himself! |
| medicines. | | | | |
| | | | - Robert Louis Stevenson |
| - Ben Franklin | | | | |
| | | | You can't turn back the clock. But you can |
| You want to go easy on the suicide stuff - | | | | wind it up again. |
| first thing you know, you'll ruin your | | | | |
| health. | | | | - Bonnie Pruden |
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| - Robert Benchley | | | | You're never too old to become younger. |