^
A
A
A

Retired employment: advantages and disadvantages

 
, medical expert
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
 
Fact-checked
х

All iLive content is medically reviewed or fact checked to ensure as much factual accuracy as possible.

We have strict sourcing guidelines and only link to reputable media sites, academic research institutions and, whenever possible, medically peer reviewed studies. Note that the numbers in parentheses ([1], [2], etc.) are clickable links to these studies.

If you feel that any of our content is inaccurate, out-of-date, or otherwise questionable, please select it and press Ctrl + Enter.

21 March 2013, 10:19

Retirement is not only the end of professional activity, but also a change in the entire life of a person. This event should be prepared well in advance. When retiring, you can be satisfied with your life, or, conversely, regret that you have to leave work. Therefore, retirement has several advantages.

Regardless of when retirement takes place (at 50, 60 or 70 years), farewell to work may threaten complications. Pension stress is accompanied by a reluctance to participate in public life, a decrease in interest in other people and often leads to a decrease in intellectual activity. Feeling of own uselessness and absence of exact order can provoke a violation of self-esteem, a bad mood or a closure in oneself. "Self-recovery", in turn, often leads to egocentrism, "looping" on memories. A person begins to listen intensively to himself, his body.

An active optimist will more easily transfer the changes associated with a pension and regain his balance of life. The desire to work is the main need of a healthy person.

Working on a pension helps the development of many abilities of a person, makes it necessary for others, gives meaning to life. The great philosopher of the 18th century Voltaire on the ninth decade of life believed that the older a person becomes, the more he needs to work, since it is better to die than to stray through life (to work means to live!).

Having reached retirement age, it is important to continue to work, but in accordance with the state of health. Heavy physical work on a pension is contraindicated for the elderly, about which Aristotle said that she dries the body and leads to premature old age. It can be said that moderate work is a healthy stress, and excessive work because of its volume, content or, conversely, because it does not use all the possibilities of a person is an unhealthy stress.

After 65-70 years, one should not strive for work that requires great attention or rapid decision-making. Well, if you work on a pension near the house and you can walk to it, spending no more than 15-25 minutes.

If the pensioner does not work anywhere, then he still needs to occupy himself. It is useful to make a list of cases for the day, even if you can not do everything.

The feasible physical labor has a beneficial effect on the state of the organism. Many elderly people are happy to work on the backyard. Work on retirement in the garden requires the following recommendations.

  • Do not work if you feel unwell. As soon as an elderly person, working, felt unimportant: he had a headache or a feeling of indisposition - he should stop work immediately and arrange a break.
  • It is not recommended to work in the hot time of day. It is best to work in the garden until 11 am and after 17 pm.
  • On the head should always be a headdress, rather than restraining the movement of clothes from well-ventilated fabrics (cotton or linen) should close the body as much as possible.
  • Do not long stay in one position, especially in an inclined position. Perhaps the use for planting different great benches.
  • It is necessary to take long breaks in work and always have with you the medications recommended by your doctor for emergency care.
  • Never work at height without insurance.
  • It is undesirable to stay in the garden alone for a long time, as there will be no one to help with a sudden deterioration of well-being.

Due to the difficult economic situation in the country, many people who retired are forced to seek an additional source of income, since the pension that the state pays to them is often in short supply. In addition, single pensioners at work communicate with their colleagues. This has a positive effect on them, preserving social ties.

Working on a pension will not only supplement the pensioner's budget, but also (at a reasonable load) strengthen his health. It must be remembered that all long-livers worked until the last days of life, remaining in sound mind and having good physical data to a very old age.

You are reporting a typo in the following text:
Simply click the "Send typo report" button to complete the report. You can also include a comment.