Speaker 1: I talk to many, many, many retired people, and some
retirees they wake up feeling energized, grateful, curious, and excited
about what's next. Others, sadly, they wake up feeling forgotten, anxious, bored, resentful, lonely,
or even worried about the future. Now, yes, of course
circumstances matter. Your health matters, money matters, loss matters. But
there's another force at work that many, many, many people overlook,
and it's your thoughts, your beliefs, your inner expectations. Because
there's an old principle taught in a book I read
a lot in the books called the hidden law of
the mind, and it's that your thoughts become things, not magically,
not instantly, but repeatedly, because what you think about shapes
what you notice. What you notice shapes how you feel.
How you feel shapes what you do, and what you
do shapes the retired that you live. So today we're
going to talk about how your thoughts may be creating
your retirement right now, and how possibly tweaking them or
changing them can begin to change everything, hopefully for the better.
I'm worrying, Dbranski, this is life starts at retirement. I've
produced a retirement lifestyle video once a week. Please like, share,
and comment your thoughts below. A lot of people think
that retirement is the finish line, when the work ends,
the stress ends, and the problems end. The retirement doesn't
erase the mind or the thoughts that you bring into it.
So if someone spent forty years thinking things like life
is hard, that nothing's easy for me, that I'm only
important unless I'm busy or productive, that good time's never last,
that I'm too old to start over, that other people
are way better off than I am, then your retirement
probably will give those thoughts more room to echo, more
room to grow. Without a job schedule, without deadlines, without
busyness distractions, many people hear themselves even more clearly than
ever before. So retirement doesn't really create those thoughts. It
just gives them room to grow. But here's the good news.
Once those thoughts are revealed, once you kind of get
what you're thinking, they can be changed. So that's what
we're going to talk about. So let's make this a
real practical video for us, and let's start it by
saying this, there's two Let's imagine two retirees wake up
with the exact same situation, modest income, average health, no
work obligations, similar neighborhoods, similar age. But one thinks, Ooh,
I'm free now I can build a meaningful life. The
other thinks, oh, my youthful years are over. Same facts,
different thoughts, different energy, different behavior. The first person will
probably walk more, join groups, learn new three things, call friends,
laugh more, stay engaged. The second one will probably withdraw it,
sit more, complain more, isolate themselves. They're going to fear
the future, They'll lose momentum, and over months and years.
In particular, those inner thoughts create two completely different retirements.
That's why thoughts become things, because thoughts become habits. Habits
become your identity, Your identity becomes your lifestyle, and your
lifestyle becomes your reality. So let's talk honestly about a
few common thought patterns that really can quietly steal your
joy in retirement. One of them, it's too late now.
This one is deadly. I hear a lot of people
it's too late to channel, it's too late to make
new friends. It's too late for me to learn any technology.
It's too late to get healthy, and it's just too
late to heal anything from my past. So but it's
really not too late. It's often not too late. It's
just a little uncomfortable. Number two, Oh, my best years
are behind me, says who. Many people have their deepest peace,
their strongest wisdom, their healthiest boundaries, and their happiest years
after they turn sixty. Number three, nobody needs me now.
Need and value are not the same thing. You may
not be needed in the same way, but your presence,
your wisdom, your love, your humor, and your encouragement deeply matter.
Number four. I hear this one too. I'm stuck because
of money, and money really does create real limits. But
some people with less money build rich lives through commune,
through friendships, through creativity, through gratitude, purpose, through giving back,
and simplicity. There's ways to have a fabulous retirement without
a lot of money. Number five nothing changes. That thought
alone guarantees stagnation. When repeated long enough, it just becomes
a self fulfilling prophecy. Yeah, nothing does change. Not going
to meet any new friends, Nothing's going to change. So
now let's get even more practical. How do you shift
your retirement experience? Not through fake positivity, although I love
being positive, not through pretending that everything is perfect, but
by choosing better thoughts that create better actions. So first
one not always easy, but it's just to catch that
automatic thought. So notice what you repeatedly say to yourself.
Do you repeatedly say I'm old? Oh I can't do that,
Oh I missed my chance. Nobody cares. It's all downhill
from now. And if you get a chance, write it
down or let the very least notice it over and
over and overcome, because thoughts lose power when they're exposed.
Number two, replace it then with a stronger truth. Instead
of if you find yourself saying I'm old, I'm too old,
try yeah, I'm older, but I'm wiser, I'm freer, and
I'm still very, very capable. Or instead of nobody cares,
try saying you know what, I might just need to
reach out and connect with somebody. Absolutely, so change the
thought into a new one. Step Number three act in alignment,
So thoughts become things through actions. If you think I
can still grow, then sign up for something. And if
you think I can still connect, call someone. If you
think my health can improve, take that walk again. Act
in inlignment, because thoughts become things through actions and so
just as negative thoughts can shrink your life, positive grounded
thoughts can really expand it again. Not fantasy, not denial,
but thoughts like there is still a whole life ahead
of me. Thoughts like my age is an asset. I
have learned so much, I have wisdom. Thoughts like peace
matters more than proving I love that one I can
simplify and enjoy. Thoughts like I can create joy on
ordinary days. Thoughts like I still matter, Thoughts like I
finally have the time to do what I've always wanted
to do. Because thoughts, honestly, they create better posture, They
create more energy, They create more openness, more resilience, better relationships,
more health, habits, more gratitude, and over time those thoughts
really become or have the opportunity to become a visible reality.
So here's just a simple daily exercise. Every morning, when
you first wake up, ask yourself this question, what kind
of retirement am I thinking into existence today? I want
to repeat that, what kind of retirement am I thinking
into existence today? And then choose three thoughts. Number one,
say to yourself, because today still matters, I can create
something good and I'm not finished growing. Just think of
the possibilities of that. What kind of retirement am I
thinking into existence today? Because today still matters. I can
create something good and I'm not finished growing. The possibilities
are endless. And then every night ask yourself this, what
thoughts helped me today? What thoughts may be hurt me today? Okay,
good to know, don't beat yourself up, just something to recognize,
and then begin again tomorrow. That's how lives are changed.
That's how your retirement becomes remarkable, not just once, but daily,
because retirement, although money helps or retirement, is not just money.
It's not just calendars, it's not your pension, it's not consciousness.
It is a mindset, a meaning. It's expectations and the
hidden law of the mind. That book I was talking
to you about is just about this what you repeatedly
think you tend to move toward. So if retirement feels
smaller than you would hope, start by listening to the
thoughts that you say that you think that are shaping it.
Begin by replacing them, because even now, your thoughts may
still be creating the next chapter of your life. And
the beautiful, beautiful truth is you can start thinking a
better one right now. So if this Mussa spoke to
you below, what thought do you think you need to
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