Are you thinking about your approaching retirement?  When you are coming to the end of your working life, how often do you  think about your approaching retirement?  There comes a time in your life when all of a sudden you may realise that despite your  best intentions, it may not be possible to continue working as long as you like. Perhaps  you work for an organisation that has a mandatory retirement age, or you have family  commitments that mean you may need to give up work.  In other instances, health and mobility issues may have brought forward the decision to  retire from full-time work, resulting in a part-time commitment that has created a void.  Others look forward to their approaching retirement to satisfy their ambitions for  sporting activities, expanding their knowledge horizons, spending more time with  children and grandchildren or may just want to travel more.  Perhaps less common is wondering how your social life may change, particularly when  work and social events have previously intertwined. In many cases, a person’s long-term  work environment has become socially important, providing that all-important human  connectivity that is natural for humans.