Productivity

Productivity

Retirement is for suckers.

Did you know that even with advancements in medicine, the average person in the United States lives only about twelve years after they retire? True, the retirement age often coincides with the frailty of years, but that seems like too short a time to live beyond working for a living. Why is this?

When some retire, they don’t just stop working, they stop producing. Remember that you were created for a purpose, and that purpose is most often carried out through what you produce. People who no longer produce lose their purpose, and people without a purpose aren’t truly alive. And eventually your physical body catches up with that reality.

But the word is produce, not work. Productivity is more than just your job or career. You want to produce a life and a legacy that matters. And you can do that long after your first Social Security check arrives.

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. —Dwight L. Moody