Retirement tip - Avoid performative retirement

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If you catch yourself saying things like, I'm busier now than I ever was when I was working, in your retirement, you may be falling victim to the trap of performative retirement, meaning that you're performing for people instead of really just enjoying your own retirement. And I only say this because there's something we all experience in the workplace, which is called performative work. And those are the people that like send emails at three in the morning or four in the morning or always seem to have a group message for everyone at 6.30 at night, or they manage to slip into a conversation, how many hours they work or how late they work or how busy they are or whatever. Essentially, the sacrifices they're making for the company. And we find in our retirement that sometimes those same behaviors can be playing out. And it's damaging to your retirement if you feel that you need to sort of put on a show for people around. Instead of just enjoying your retirement in your own way. So watch out for the dangers of performative retirement. It not only hurts your enjoyment of your retirement, but it makes it harder for other retirees because they hear all of these sort of outrageous stories about how productive and busy you are in your retirement. And it makes them feel like they're not really getting enough done. Enjoy your retirement.