{"id":1980,"date":"2016-07-21T05:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2016-07-21T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T17:01:04","slug":"50-days-of-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=1980","title":{"rendered":"50 Days of Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x150119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x150119.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x1501\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1981\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s been 50 days since I closed my office door in Ordway Hall for the last time, and I have some observations:<\/p>\n<p>One, the best of retirement is better than expected. Has to do with seeing dreams (creations) take shape in front of me. I\u2019ve actually jumped up and down like a child, giddy with excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Two, the struggles of retirement have been worse than expected, and they are mostly mental. Seems I am not alone. A 2013 report from the Institute of Economic Affairs found that retirement increases one\u2019s risk of clinical depression by 40%.<\/p>\n<p>Three, the good news is that the emotional issue is decidedly fixable\u2014has to do with unmasking stereotypes and prejudices (our society is loaded with them) and taking positive steps to better mental and physical health (more on that in future blogs).<\/p>\n<p>Well, gotta put this blog up and visit the new place. Did I mention? We Have a Driveway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 50 days since I closed my office door in Ordway Hall for the last time, and I have some observations: One, the best of retirement is better than expected. Has to do with seeing dreams (creations) take shape in front of me. I\u2019ve actually jumped up and down like a child, giddy with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1983,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions\/1983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}