HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CLIMATE. I am not in the health field. But there are climates which are better from the standpoint of health, happiness and pursuits in which we find pleasure. As a general observation it is said that cold changeable climates make industrious people and warm climates make indolent pleasure loving people. Fortunately, because man can control his climate indoors wherever he may be, no longer need heat put a damper on our ambitions or industriousness, nor a cold climate prod us along the byways of dreariness. On the whole the right climate depends 'In what you seek. Health, sport, outdoor life or what do you want? As a retired person you are not necessarily tied down to a particular climate or locale. But if you want to settle down you should choose the one you like best and one that likes YOU. Keep in mind that the healthier areas of this country are in the South—Florida, Texas, Arizona, and other southerly states. Before you settle, travel a lot. It even pays to move around a bit. The people you settle among will be more of a consideration than the climate. And you will find all kinds of people somewhere in the great "retirement belt" of the Southerly states. In choosing your retirement area definitely consider the climate factor. It has a lot to do with human happiness. § WHAT? WORK IN RETIREMENT? Work need not be boring. I get a great pleasure out of writing. I can write effortlessly into the wee hours of the morning. Doing the work that you like is not work at all—it is activity that accomplishes and satisfies. Idleness, especially for younger people, is the worst thing in the world. We have to have a sense of belonging in the world, a sense that we are contributing something to it, that we are "getting somewhere," that we are accomplishing something. This urge varies with the various parts of this country and with various parts of the world. You can lose your social consciousness altogether—if your associates in your area have also lost or never had such a social awareness. Work while in retirement is healthful just as is exercise and re-
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