Thoughts And Trivia

 
Retirement age in my organisation is 60 years, and I would have retired in March next year. But for over an year, since Jan'2008, I have been looking at opting out of my Job. I had then terminated the tenancy in my flat - where I am to finally settle down. I have now put in papers seeking voluntry Retirement.  This gives me time till June end to pack-up. Having spent 36+ years in an organisation, getting up and going away is like detaching a velcro strap - there is ear jarring sound. Its like a necessary but painful surgery. Its more like dying in one universe and getting rebirth in another.

Working for the same organisation for all your working life, means that your personality and your job get so hopelessly entwined, that its not possible to untangle them.  But the charm of retirement is to get the excitement and thrill of a totally new life. Society has laid down elaborate rituals for similar situations like marriage and death.  That eases the emotional switch involved in such changes.  There is none for retirement. Turning one's back determinedly and pulling back the emotional attachments is the only way, how so ever painful. Perhaps focussing on selfish future than on the future of the organisation is the key. This however makes the three month period as too long to bear.
So, help me GOD!!

Posted by Girish Bhatnagar at Thursday, April 23, 2009