ing from the ages of 50 and up. These peopleare on the verge of retirement and are planning what to do with the rest of their lives. After their careers are over they are going to have nothing but time on they hands. At thispoint of there careers they are working lesser hours and responsibility at their job isdecreasing. This helps make the transition from working to retirement much easier. I made a survey and issued it to three people who fall into the three stages. Thesurvey consisted of a variety of question like age, gender, occupation, wages, leisuretime, and activities. The first individual who took the survey fell into the beginning stage. This person is a twenty one year old black male. He is a full time student at Illinois Stateand workers part time as a life guard at a indoor pool. He is not married and has nochildren. He works twenty plus hours a week and only makes $6.30 a hour. He worksfive days a week, but sometimes takes morning shifts on Saturdays. He consideredleisure as any time away from work and school. He said he does not get a lot of leisuretime, because he does not have any time to just relax. He has class all morning then inthe evening he works and comes home and studies. The only leisure time he has is overthe weekends. That time does not compensate for the stressful hours of work and schoolduring the week. The survey of this individual from the beginning stage has shown methat being a full time study and working part time, leaves basically no leisure time. Also,shows how people in the beginning stage have no time to relax, because their schedulesare so busy.Next I gave a survey to an individual in the mid-career stage. This individual wasa forty year old Black male. He is married and has four children who ages range fromnineteen to twenty six years old. He works construction and earns $40 plus an hour andworks 30 hours a week. He said he has leisure and he uses it. He goes to bars withCO-worker...
