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Another Reason to Look Forward to Retirement

Posted by proforma on November 16, 2009  |  No Comments

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.