Why Unhelpful Fantasy/Reality Gaps Forms

After exploring retirement acceptance, FRGs, and their possible symptoms, bring the focus back to your own retirement. Ask yourself:

·        What is true about my retirement today, even if I wish it were different? BOX FOR NOTES

·        Where does my retirement differ from what I expected, wanted or believed it would be? BOX FOR NOTES

·        Which expectations still help me create something I want, and which might now be getting in the way? BOX FOR NOTES

·        Am I judging my retirement against a myth or a belief about what retirement should look like? BOX FOR NOTES

·        Is there a Plan A I am continuing to pursue despite evidence that it needs reconsidering? BOX FOR NOTES

·        What am I reluctant to let go of, and what does holding on give me? BOX FOR NOTES

·        What might become possible if I accepted this reality more fully? BOX FOR NOTES

Acceptance is not the end of the process, far from it, but it gives you an accurate starting point for deciding what comes next.