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Chapter 88 [088] Alleviating Retirement Anxiety

Tao Jianguo proposed to get Chen Meixia's consent, but he was not as happy as he imagined, his brows were still tightened, and he looked sad, all of which Chen Meixia saw in his eyes.

She slowly put down the wine glass in her hand and asked, "Why?"

"Aren't you happy to travel abroad?"

"It's not that I'm unhappy, but my heart," Tao Jianguo said while holding his chest, "tsk...I always feel that there is something missing, and it's always been empty."

Chen Meixia reassured: "Actually, you really don't have to worry too much. It's normal for you to feel free now. After all, you have been working, especially your job is special. You are usually very busy. Now you must stop working suddenly. It’s going to be a little uncomfortable.”

"As long as I slowly adjust my mentality and adapt slowly in the first half of the year, it will get better."

"Maybe!"

After Tao Jianguo finished speaking, he asked again, "Oh, by the way, Meixia, I remember that you didn't seem to be in a very good condition when you just retired. I was busy with work at the time, so I really didn't pay much attention to it."

"But then suddenly I felt that your personality changed suddenly, your temper improved, and you looked in a better mood, especially when you were not very interested in this kind of red wine. It affects your life, but I feel that I know how to live better than before," Tao Jianguo asked curiously, "How did you relieve it?"

"What did you do?"

After he finished speaking, he added, "Is it because I went to a university for the elderly to attend classes?"

Chen Meixia smiled indifferently, and then replied: "That's right!"

Chen Meixia didn't want to tell her husband that she secretly saw a psychiatrist.

Then she added, "Going to a university for the elderly really changed me a lot. Not only can I enrich my life there, but I can also develop some hobbies and interests in learning. I can sing and dance when I have time. I also made a lot of friends.”

Chen Meixia said and raised her glass, "It's like drinking red wine. This hobby was recommended to me by a friend of mine. It not only improves the interest of life, but also a little wine at our age can also promote blood fantasy, so I Persevered."

"Oh, that's alright."

"Actually, it gives me the feeling that being there makes me feel that I am also valuable. This is more important than anything else. What people fear most is losing their belief in life and not pursuing it. This is terrible."

"Yeah, now I feel like I have lost my goal. I used to be busy with work every day, and I had to read literature, publish articles, evaluate job titles, and all kinds of pressure. If I suddenly stop working like this, I will have no direction."

"If you feel really bored, why don't you go to school with me?" Chen Meixia said, looking at an old camera on the counter, and suggested, "There are also photography classes there. "

"Going to senior college and having something to do, you definitely won't feel empty."

Tao Jianguo hesitated for a while, then replied, "Let's talk about the school for the elderly later, I really don't have time to think about it right now."

Chen Meixia saw that Tao Jianguo still didn't let go, and persuaded: "Old Tao, actually retirement is nothing."

"No matter how high your position is when you are working, people will always retire one day. This is an inevitable process in the course of life. Therefore, we must have a correct attitude towards retirement and have a correct understanding. Let alone us, even if Your dean and even national leaders will also face this problem."

"If you haven't made up your mind yet, you can wait until we come back from our trip and then slowly decide whether to go or not," Chen Meixia continued, "By the way, if you don't want to go to a university for the elderly to learn photography skills after you come back, you can You can go to learn other things, there are many special classes in senior colleges, what kind of choir, poetry reciting, whatever."

After Chen Meixia finished speaking, she hesitated for a while, and suggested, "If you really feel that the things in the senior university are boring, you can also use your residual heat and expertise. After retirement, many of your old friends will return to the hospital. Well, it’s okay to do an outpatient clinic.”

"In fact, I don't have the heart to think about these things now. In fact, I have thought about the re-employment. However, Xiaorui and his wife have never had children. In addition, my parents are getting older. I am still thinking about whether I can take advantage of retirement I will take care of them in the future, but now I don’t know where to start and what to do.” Tao Jianguo expressed his thoughts.

"Oh, that's fine," Chen Meixia said, "Anyway, my idea is, no matter what you do, you can't be idle."

"For retired people, you can't think that you are old when you retire. This idea is terrible. I am afraid that you will think the same way, and it will be very troublesome," Chen Meixia said. "I know that many people stop everything after retirement. Yes, in fact, this is the biggest reason for suffering from syndrome after retirement, we must live to learn, even when we are old, we must be good at learning after retirement.”

"We must hold the attitude of being useful and learning when we are old, and we must not have the idea that learning is useless, and we do not seek to make progress."

"In particular, it is very important that many acquaintances in your previous circle are still working, and they are all doctors, so they are very busy, so now that they are retired, if they want to enrich their lives, they must expand their social circles, circles of friends, and form new ones. range of life, understand different lives, and enrich life.”

"Well, you're right." Tao Jianguo said, "I've actually been thinking about it recently. After we rest for a while, we'll find an opportunity to have a good talk with Xiaorui and the others. They don't want children all the time, don't they think they don't have time? Take care of the children, let them have children as soon as possible while we are still in good health, and we will take care of them when the time comes." Tao Jianguo said.

"We take care of the children?" Chen Meixia never thought that Tao Jianghui would have such a traditional idea, and she was very surprised.

"Yeah!" Tao Jianguo said, "Now we are both free anyway, and my parents can take care of themselves physically, so I can help them a little by taking this opportunity. No matter what the nanny says, it is better for us to take care of ourselves. Don't worry."

After Tao Jianguo finished speaking, he asked Chen Meixia for her opinion, "What do you think?"

"Well, it's fine, as long as the couple are willing to have a baby, I'm naturally willing to take care of it." Chen Meixia said, "Then let's talk to them at a suitable time after we return to China."

"Ah."

"Let's eat."

After the two finished their meal, Chen Meixia also specially suggested that they go for a walk in the neighborhood.

The next morning, when Tao Jianguo woke up, he saw that the sun was already high outside. He was startled and quickly got up.

Chen Meixia on the side was awakened by such a big movement by Tao Jianguo, she asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

"It's late, I have to go to Corey to make a ward round." Tao Jianguo replied while rummaging through his clothes.

"What room are you checking?" Chen Meixia asked.

Then she carefully reminded, "You forgot, didn't you finish everything and retire yesterday."

It was only then that Tao Jianguo came to his senses. He stopped, and sat down on the bed with a lonely expression.

(End of this chapter)