retirement planning

1. Getting yourself emotionally
prepared for retirement
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2. Our Agenda
1. Agenda
2. Objectives
3. Reflection
4. Activity 1: Review vocabulary
6. Activity 3: Read a dialogue
7. Activity 4: We will discuss some things you can do to get yourself
ready for retirement
8. Activity 5: Review questions
9. Activity 6: Dictation
5. Activity 2: fill-in-the-blank

3. Workshop Objectives
1. To learn 8 new words to retirement
2. To learn 10 tips about how to get
yourself emotionally ready for retirement

4. Reflection
Do you ever imagine yourself in
retirement?
How do you think it may be?
What are some things a person
should consider before retiring?

5. Reflection
Visualizing ourselves in retirement
is a great way to start thinking about
our life after our working days are
over.
It will help us get ready for our
future endeavours!

6. Let’s review the vocabulary.
Activity 1

7. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A change from one stage in your life to another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

8. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

9. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

10. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

11. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

12. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

13. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

14. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on your hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

15. Activity 1 : Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
Your annual visit to the doctor.
Your own ideas of who you are as a person.
Your efforts, plans for your future.
The way you live your life.
The reasons for something.
A period of changing from one stage in your life to
another.
A condition when you have nothing to do.
To imagine something before it happens.
identity
time on my hands
endeavours
lifestyle
purpose
visualize
transition
physical

16. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6.Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

17. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you, retire it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

18. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

19. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

20. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6.Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

21. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

22. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

23. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
to visualize
identity

24. Activity 2: fill-in-the- blank
1. When you retire, it’s important that you rediscover a ______________ for your life.
2. Good luck with your future ______________ .
3. You look so bored. Do you have too much _____________________ ?
4. We should try to make a smooth ________________ from working to retirement life.
5. When you retire, you need to maintain a strong ______________ .
6. Your _________________ often changes after retirement.
7. It’s important that we see our doctor for an annual ___________________ .
8. Before retirement, we should ________________ how life is going to be.
lifestyle
transition
physical
time on your hands
purpose
endeavours
visualize
identity

25. Let’s read a dialogue.
Activity 3
What do Len and Pei-Jean discuss about
when it comes to preparing for retired
life?

26. Listen to a dialogue:
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Hey! What’s going on?
Not too much, but Jack and I are on our way to a retirement seminar.
You’re both too young for that!
Maybe, but it’s never too early to start planning for the future.
I guess so. I guess retirement is a big step in life. It’s such a big transition!
You’re right! For so many of us, our identity and purpose comes from our work life.
You are so right, but I never thought about that before!
So what topics exactly are covered in the seminar?
No kidding! Not to mention the challenge of maintaining your identity and
purpose for your life!
Well, It discusses a little about preparing financially for retirement, but it mainly
focusses on the emotional side of things.

27. Listen to a dialogue:
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Len
Pei-Jean
Sounds very interesting.
We need to think about our future endeavors.
Yes. People need to really think about retirement before it happens; for example,
after retirement we all usually have a lot more time on our hands. We need to
ask ourselves what we are going to do with all that extra time. How do we see
our future lifestyle?
Exactly. We need really need to visualize how we want to live our lives in the
future.
This could all be impacted by any future health problems, I suppose?
Right. The importance of annual physical checkups is also discussed.
Seeing our doctor when we are young is vital, but it’s even more important as
we get older. Well anyway, I have to go now. Enjoy the seminar!
I will, thank you! Have a good night!

28. Question:
Why do you think
retirement is so
challenging for some
people?
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29. 1. Some people really enjoy their
job!
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30. Leaving a job you love can be
difficult!
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31. 2. People may be afraid of
getting bored.
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32. They may be afraid they will have
too much time on their hands and
not enough to do.
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33. In short, some people are afraid of
losing the challenge that a job they
love may offer them.
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34. They may also be afraid
of losing their identity and
purpose.
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35. But it doesn’t have to
be this way!
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36. Retirement is a time of
transition, but it could be the
best time of your life!
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37. Retirement is a time of
transition, but it could be the
best time of your life!
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38. Question:
What can we do to
make sure we have a
happy and successful
retirement?

39. 1. Stay active your whole life!
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40. This is step one to ensure that you
have a happy retirement!
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41. 2. Eat well!
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42. Eating well will help you maintain a
healthy weight.
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43. 3. Keep a routine
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44. Make sure you get up and go to
bed at the same time each day.
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45. 4. Keep setting goals for yourself!
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46. Setting goals is one great way to
maintain a purpose for your life!
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47. 5. Don’t forget your physical!
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48. Remember that maintaining your
health is essential to enjoy your
retirement.
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49. Your doctor may help you identify
little problems before they become
big problems.
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50. 6. Exercise your mind!
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51. It has been proven that doing
puzzles, reading, or learning a new
language can reduce your risk of
dementia.
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52. 7. Volunteer!
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53. Volunteering is a great way to keep
busy and maintain a purpose for
your life.
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54. It will also provide you with much
needed exercise and social contacts!
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55. Volunteering will also help you give
back to society.
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56. 8. Get a pet!
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57. Having a pet has been shown to
decrease the incidence of dementia
in the elderly.
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58. 9. Spend some time travelling!
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59. Travelling is a great way to build
your confidence, keep you out of
your comfort zone and to continue
learning!
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60. 10. Maintain contacts with family
and friends
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61. Connecting with others is a great
way to beat stress and live well!
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62. Review questions
Activity 5

63. Why do some people fear
the thought of retirement?
Review question 1

64. What are a few of the negative
emotions that some people
face upon retiring?
Review question 2

65. What do you think are
some of the more useful
tips to help people get
emotionally ready for
retirement?
Review question 3

66. Dictation
Activity 6

67. Dictation 1

68. Dictation 1
Loss of professional status is
difficult for many people at
retirement.

69. Dictation 2

70. Dictation 2
Life planning is an important key to
successful retirement. Workers who
have given serious time and
thought to what they will do after
they retire will often .

71. Dictation 3

72. Dictation 3
Travelling can be a great
retirement activity because it can
get us out of our comfort zone.

73. Dictation 4

74. Dictation 4
Getting a new hobby is a great way
to keep young and fresh in
retirement. It’s another way to
prevent dementia in older stage.

75. Dictation 5

76. Dictation 5
Keep active. Continue to keep an
active, regular routine. Set goals
and strive to reach them!

77. Review: What did you learn
today?
• 8 new words
• 10 tips about how to get
yourself emotionally prepared
for retirement

78. Thanks for attending.
See you next time!