Retirement can be incredibly daunting, or incredibly exciting depending on how you choose to look at it, and it can be a very challenging time emotionally too, as you can feel that you no longer have a purpose in life. It can also be easy to become reclusive after the initial novelty of not having to get up for work wears off, leaving you with more free time than you could have imagined while you were tied to a full-time job. In order to make the most of your retirement and allow it to become what you hoped it would be, you need to follow a few important steps.