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Retirement is redirection

 


Retirement Is Not an Ending, It’s a Redirection



There comes a time in everybody’s life when the routine starts to feel heavier than usual. Waking up every morning, doing the same work, returning home, going to bed, and repeating the same cycle can slowly exhaust even the most dedicated person. What once felt meaningful begins to feel mechanical.


Unless a person finds something new within their profession—something challenging, something that sparks curiosity again—the work can start to feel like a quiet burden rather than a purpose.


These thoughts came to me when I saw Arijit Singh, my favorite singer, speak about retirement. Music is clearly his passion, and yet I could understand his perspective. Even singing—something so soulful and loved by millions—can become tiring after a certain point. Passion does not make a person immune to exhaustion. Repetition, even of what we love, can wear us down.


I deeply love music, but I often wonder: if music became my profession, would there come a time when I’d want to stop? I believe the answer is yes. When passion turns into obligation, it eventually asks for rest—not because the love is gone, but because the soul needs space to breathe again.


This is true not only for music, but for everything in life. Every role we play, every profession we commit to, has its season. Knowing when to step away is not weakness—it’s awareness. Retirement, in this sense, is not about stopping work altogether. It is about choosing a new direction, a new place where we can explore something we have not done before.


Perhaps the real meaning of retirement is not an end, but a shift—a moment when we say we have given enough here, and now we are ready for something else.


We all deserve to retire at the right time, only when we find the courage to listen to ourselves and the curiosity to discover a new path waiting ahead.


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