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Another Shot
Reinventing Yourself After 60 By Sue Marquette Poremba
"A second career is the best retirement, especially since most people don't have a pension plan or they've under-funded their retirement," says Brian Drum, a Wall Street executive recruiter. "They take jobs with less stress or with lots of flex time.
"People are thinking about their retirement budget so they are able to enjoy an active life," Pond says. "If you delay your retirement by just three years, you can add 16 percent to your Social Security check and 25 percent to your nest egg."
Owning her own business allows Murdoch to make her own rules. It gives her the flexibility to spend time with her daughter and grandchild who live nearby, and to arrange her mornings so she can energize herself.
"Before, when I ran my first business, I would tell people I was the worst boss I had ever had, always cracking the whip to get to work," Hartman says. "Now I remind myself that I'm 'working differently.' To me this means time for yoga, involvement in town initiatives, such as affordable housing, and my favorite of all, singing in The Outer Cape Chorale. My husband and I set aside time to travel to see family."
Sometimes keeping active is a way of surviving. In the fall of 2004, Roberta Alford was in the midst of her daughter's wedding when the groom passed away. A few months later, Alford's husband of 43 years also died. When her grieving daughter took a new job in St. Louis, Alford decided the change would be good for her. She sold her home in California and found a job and bought a home in the St. Louis area. "It has been a wonderful adventure," she says. "I work hard. I've become a fixture in the community. I'm actively involved in the lives of all my grandchildren. Recently, several of the agents in my office took bets as to how old I might be because of my consistent high energy level and positive attitude. They surmised that I must be 50. It was a lovely compliment."