ABSTRACT
This chapter presents leisure activities into the four general areas and provides a brief overview to encourage further thought and discussion: social, physical, intellectual, spiritual. Retirement provides an opportunity to participate in an organization for which one feels an affinity and to an extent that one feels comfortable with. Fortunately, one of the bonuses of retirement is that it offers increased time and opportunity to see other people, including family and friends. In fact, for many people, retirement results in an immediate improvement in physical well-being and increased physical activity. People often welcome the opportunity that retirement brings to spend more time participating in the activities of their local place of worship, bringing spiritual well-being in a religious sense. A sense of spiritual well-being may also be developed in other ways, by having the time and opportunity for activities such as meditation, yoga, reading or the pursuit of a favourite hobby or activity.
