Quiet

Retirement requires an entire remapping of our psyche. We have spent decades working under a familiar model which may have been far from perfect but became reliable. Suddenly that disappears and forces a reflection on meaning and purpose. 

I tell people it isn't about hobbies or keeping busy. Quite the opposite; it is about being able to live more deftly within the necessary quiet space and comprehend yourself more fully. 

If we cannot live with the quiet it is because we are escaping something. 

We are closer to our mortality and that should be enough incentive.