Avoid everyday vacancies in the pension

Hobbies and social contacts against everyday life in retirement

01/30/2015

Upon retirement, many retirees fall into a kind of hole. The lack of professional tasks lead to an emptiness in everyday life, which can be associated with significant mental health problems. The expectant retirees should therefore ideally before the retirement, hobbies search, with which they can later fill their everyday lives, reports the news agency „dpa“ citing Susanne Wurm, Professor of Psychogerontology at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.

By social contacts and fixed dates, the dreaded everyday life can be avoided when retiring, explains the expert in the contribution of the „dpa“. Although the professional tasks and the daily contact with colleagues are gone, hobbies and friends help to overcome the void. The Professor of Psychogerontology advises to prevent this in order to fill in everyday life after retirement.

Regular appointments
„With the pension many social contacts and the everyday structure disappear“, quotes the „dpa“ Susanne worm. Here are, for example, friends and acquaintances outside the circle of colleagues important. For regular appointments or social contacts gain significantly in importance with the retirement. Even hobbies such as sports or other recreational activities can help to avoid the bleakness of everyday life, but expectant retirees should seek a suitable hobby before retiring. Even if this left next to the work little time and the future retirees „initially only twice a month or once a week“ According to Susanne Wurm, this is definitely recommended. For when retiring, it is easier to expand employment with a well-known hobby. „If one does not seek something new until retirement has begun, the hurdle is often much higher“, becomes the Professor of Psychogerontology of the „dpa“ cited. (Fp)

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