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