A happy retirement hums right along when you’ve got the right mindset — beyond having plenty of cash and waving goodbye to the daily grind. But retirement can also mark a significant life transition, triggering both optimism and uncertainty.
In a long-running Harvard study on happiness (that has tracked the same group of men since they were teenagers in 1938), researchers asked participants as they entered their golden years what they worried about most in retirement, beyond financial concerns. The answer? How to find new social ties to replace the work connections they leaned on for so many years.
