The Importance of Keeping up with Friends

Isolation might be the single biggest potential problem new retirees face. My suggestion would be to make the effort to meet friends for lunch, or perhaps coffee or movie dates. Whatever you do, staying by yourself in front of the TV or computer for hours on end is a bad idea. Get out and mingle. Do what you once had no time for, i.e. take advantage of your new freedom to do things you always wished you could. Retirement is about doing it your way, but not necessarily about "leisure" or idleness.