Don't Hurry, Be Happy

I received this e-mail the other day:

----- Original Message -----
From: Sarah
To: Ernie Zelinski
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 10:00 PM
Subject: Hi! Where can I get a copy of your book?

Hi Ernie,

My name is Sarah. My best friend heard about your book, "Don't hurry, be happy". She was saying how she desperately looked for a copy of it to purchase but was unsuccessful. I would like to find a copy for her for her birthday which is coming up in two weeks!

Do you know where I could find a copy of it?

Thanks!

Kind regards,
Sarah

This was my response:

Hi Sarah;

Regarding Don't Hurry, Be Happy, this book went out of print at least 5 years ago.

In fact, last year when a Korean publisher purchased the expired Korean rights for this book (after it had been published in Korean already by another Korean publisher), I could not provide hard-copy working copies for the publisher and had to instead scan the complete book so the printer could print out copies for the translators.

The only way to get a copy of this book is to buy it used.

One way is to go to the Amazon.com page for this book at:

Don't Hurry, Be Happy
There you will see: Available from these sellers

Go to the link and choose a used book store that may have a copy in great shape.

Alternatively, I would suggest that you purchase your friend one of my other books:

A good choice is 101 Really Important Things Your Already Know, But Keep Forgetting, which is available at Amazon.com.

Alternatively, you could purchase The Joy of Not Working, which is also available at Amazon.com.

I have attached the E-book versions (in PDF format) of both books, which contain sample pages.

I have also attached the E-book version of my latest book Career Success Without a Real Job, which contains over half of the book.

I hope this helps.

Many thanks for your interest in my books and so long for now,

Ernie J. Zelinski
Best-Selling Author, Innovator, and Unconventional Career Expert
Author of the Bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
(Over 125,000 copies sold and published in 9 languages)
and the International Bestseller The Joy of Not Working
(Over 250,000 copies sold and published in 17 languages)

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See these resources about happiness in retirement:

Retirement Sentiments

25 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks (and Work Sucks)

Retire Happy

Why Money Talks

Retirement Wishes

Retirement Comfort Does Not Translate into Retirement Happiness

Here are bits and pieces relating to retirement that I was going to use in How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free but never got around to.

• It goes without saying that people who rely on boring jobs for fulfillment are probably boring individuals who will get even more bored in retirement.


• If there was ever a time in your life to be wild in the purest sense of the word, retirement is it.


• The universe assures you that you will have a much easier go around in life when you stop following the herd. Your chances for a full, relaxed, satisfying, and happy life will tend to increase in direct proportion to how much you are out of step with the rest of society. Indeed, the more unconventional and eccentric you are, the better.


• The pursuit of happiness in retirement can be quite elusive. Comfort does not translate into happiness. Living in physical comfort doesn't mean personal fulfillment nor does it mean personal joy nor does it mean a feeling of success.


• Joseph Conrad stated, "It's extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it's just as well; and it may be that it is this very dullness that makes life to the incalculable majority so supportable and so welcome."
  

Being Happy in Retirement Can Take Time for Some Retirees

Retirement can be an exciting period, but in a less positive vein, it can also be a very difficult time in people's lives before any degree of happiness is achieved. As retirement seminar leader George Fulmore says, for some people, the adjustment to retirement takes time.

This is confirmed by the Later Life Families Study, particularly for men. The study found that males who have been retired six years or more are more likely to say that retirement is easy for them (79 percent) than those in the first five years of retirement (61 percent). Incidentally, almost 75 percent of women in this study said retirement is easy for them, regardless of how many years they had been retired.

The key to a happy retirement lies in the abillity to experience success and accomplishment from satisfying interests, fulfilling relationships, and interesting leisure activities. All of these are covered in The World's Best Retirement Book.

Be Happy Today If You Desire Happiness During Your Retirement Years

One research study found that those who had mixed feelings about retirement, or found this stage of life difficult, were generally dissatisfied and unhappy with their life before retirement.

Perhaps these people never learned to live in the moment and create happiness while they were in the working phase of their lives.

If they had, they would have experienced greater happiness before retirement as well as during their retirement years.

"If you can just stay in the present, something good will happen, a little giving up of the pain."
— Retiree Rosie Martinez, 71, of Paradise Valley, Arizona