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