Reconnect With Old Friends In Retirement

Life is a journey and sometimes along the way we lose touch with people we used to know.  We leave our old neighborhood and lose track of some of the people we used to know.  Why not reconnect with old friends in retirement?  You never know who can use a voice from the past to bring a smile to their face and sometimes recalling the past can bring an unexpected smile to your face as well.

Anyone who gets to retirement age has more experiences than they give themselves credit for.  More things happen than we can remember and sometimes our lives take such incredible turns, it’s hard to remember all the things that we’ve been through. Sometimes our past can also give us an insight into why we are the person we have become.  It can be a lot of fun to see people we haven’t seen for years and catch up on old times.  It’s a reason they have high school and college reunions and going back every five or ten years is a way track our progress and reconnect with old friends in retirement.

It can also be a way to bring much needed companionship into our lives.  A friend of ours lost his wife to illness a couple of years ago and it’s been a difficult time for him.  I call him as often as I remember to and we talk about different aspects of our friendship that has spanned over fifty years.  I have to say that I am not a big fan of the phone.  In my working days I resisted getting a cell phone because I knew my time would never be my own.  One day I showed up at work to find a cell phone on my desk from my manager who was not able to get in touch with me the instant he needed to.  I had assured him that I always answered my phone at night and always returned calls when a message was left but, sadly, that wasn’t good enough.  Not only did I regard this as an intrusion on my privacy, but this “smart phone” assured me that I could never escape the curse of the e-mails that invaded my computer screen during my time at work.  There could be no escape.  I could always be reached.  The day I retired I turned in my smart phone with a big smile.  I carry a flip phone that only makes or receives calls and am very happy with it although I have been known to leave it on my desk instead of carrying it around.  I don’t mind living a solitary life, but a lot of people don’t and that was the start of the story about my friend who I call from time to time.

Reconnect with old friends in retirement and you'll bring back pleasant memories.

Last month he told me about receiving a call from someone he was in the army reserve with.  Apparently, his friend tracked him down somehow and got in touch with him.  The two of them have been talking almost every day about different people they know.  His friend is very ill with a lot of time on his hands and has enjoyed every minute of their conversations.  I get the feeling that both of them feel they’re doing a service to the other and that’s wonderful.  Most people need social interaction with other people, and, for some, retirement might be a time when they need it the most.  So, when you reconnect with old friends in retirement, you may be a life saver without even knowing it.

There are many ways to reconnect with people from your past and social media might be the easiest way to do it.  My wife made contact with relatives in Spain that she hadn’t seen in forty years and now they keep in touch through Facebook.  This may be the only website in the world without a Facebook presence but that is a reflection on me and my peculiar need for privacy even though I post to the internet quite often and offer perspectives on retirement that are for anyone in the world to see.  I hope in some way people enjoy what I post and might even act on some of the suggestions that I make and, at least with this particular post, I’m suggesting that you reconnect with old friends in retirement because you never know when it might by your voice and your words that they need to hear.

Life is a journey and we’re all in this together.  Helping your fellow travelers along the way is a good thing to do whether they’re with you today or people from the past that you need to connect with again.  Life is shorter than we think, and it’s meant to be enjoyed to the fullest.  It’s time to Enjoy Retired Life!

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