Can you visualize your retirement? Most people cannot, yet they still retire cold turkey, with no plan in place. Just answering some simple questions can drastically improve your happiness and finances in retirement, but it likely requires to you “rewire” the way you think about retirement Rewirement is the process of changing the way you think about retirement to overcome mental and behavioral hurdles holding you back from a more financially secure future. Rewiring your mind to improve your retirement starts with a fairly simple exercise. Before you can do any planning, you need to visualize how you plan on spending your time in retirement.