For retired people: the things you waited years to do
About 14.9 crore people in India are 60 or over. Retirement can be the time for the things you put off for years, from old friends to a long trip.
What retired people often put off
- Pension life certificate: the dates to give it each yearPensioners give a life certificate between 1 and 30 November, or from 1 October at 80 and over. Miss it and the pension can pause.
- Time with your grandchildren: the days before they grow upCount the days together with your grandchildren before they turn 18, at your pace and the pace you'd like.
- How many books you can still readCount the books ahead at your reading pace and at the pace you'd like, using the average adult reading speed of 238 words a minute.
- Reconnect with an old friend: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much a friendship you've let drift matters to you, and find one easy first message to send today.
- Call your brother, sister or cousins: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much staying close to your brother, sister or cousins matters to you, and send one easy message today.
- What putting off exercise costs you, in hoursSee the hours of movement you've missed against your own weekly aim, and WHO's 150 minutes a week.
- Free health check-up in India at 30 and overIndia screens everyone 30 and over for blood pressure, diabetes and three common cancers for free. See how long it's been since your last check-up.
- The trip you keep putting off: how many have slipped byCount the trips that didn't happen while you waited, with friends, your partner, your parents or on your own, and pick the next one.
- Give back or volunteer: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much giving some of your time matters to you, and find one small way to start this week.
- Sort out your life paperwork: a will, nominees and important papersThe paperwork everyone puts off: a will, nominees on your accounts, and knowing where important papers are. Weigh it and take one small step.
- Saying sorry or making up with someone: how much it weighs on youWeigh how much an unsaid sorry or an unresolved fight matters to you, and take one small step that doesn't need to be perfect.
- Is it too late to do the thing you've always wanted to do?Learning music, writing a book, a trip, a new skill: weigh how much your postponed dream matters to you, and find the very first step.
Everyone's basics
Health, money and the people you love, at every age.
- Sleep debt: how many hours of sleep you've missedCount the hours of sleep you've missed against your aim, and the 7 or more hours a night that sleep doctors say adults need.
- Screen time calculator: your phone hours in days a yearTurn your daily phone hours into full days a year, and see how many days your own aim would give back.
- What waiting to start saving costs youSee what a late start costs your own monthly saving plan, in today's money after tax, on low, middle and high growth paths.
- How many days you have left with your parentsCount the days together at your current pace, and how many more your plan would add. Gentle maths, from Tim Urban's The Tail End.
- Talk to someone about how you feel: free help in India (Tele-MANAS 14416)If you've been meaning to talk to someone about how you feel, India's free Tele-MANAS helpline is on 14416, any time. Weigh how much it's been on your mind.
Meet someone like you
Mr Rao, 67
Retired. An example, not a real person.
Start with a list like Mr Rao's
Questions people ask
Is it too late to start something new?
Rarely. Over a lifetime, people regret what they didn't do far more than what they did. Start with one small step.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. They stay in the link on your phone, like every answer on this site. Only people you share the link with can see them.
Source
We show what waiting costs on your own plans. We never tell you what to buy or invest in.