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  1. As you got closer to retirement age, did you look forward to retiring? Were you ready or reluctant to leave the workplace?

  2. Did you have a retirement party? Who attended? Did you receive any gifts?

  3. Did you feel as if you were financially secure when retirement age came around? Did you think that you had been able to prepare sufficiently or did you worry about what might happen if you became ill?

  4. What did you plan to do after you retired? Did you have any special projects that you wanted to work on? Did you want to travel?

  5. Was it hard to adjust to being at home so much? Did you ever feel restless without a schedule? What did you do to get over these feelings?

  6. Did you decide to work part time or volunteer after you retired? Why or why not? If you did work, what did you do? Was it satisfying to do this kind of work?

  7. Were you able to spend a lot of time with your family after retiring? What did you do together?

  8. Did you feel as if you lost a lot of friends after you retired? Had many of your friends been in the working world?

  9. What was the best part of retirement? The freedom? The chance to do things that you had always wanted to?

  10. Was there any part of retiring that wasn't enjoyable? What? Did retirement change your outlook on life? Did you become more carefree?

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