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Another Reason to Look Forward to Retirement

Posted by proforma on November 16, 2009

The journal Sleep reports that sleep disturbances decrease after retirement. Those who suffered from depression or mental fatigue prior to retirement enjoyed the greatest reduction. Men also showed a more pronounced postretirement improvement, as did management-level workers, employees who reported high psychological job demands, and people who worked night shifts.

We may be poorer when we retire, but we’ll sleep better.