Just finished the book, Looking Forward, An Optimist’s Guide to Retirement by Ellen Freudenheim
Thoughts from the book and my response to them:
Am I a workaholic? For me the answer is “Yes.” I fantasize about all the things people say they love doing during retirement, but I want to work. One in three people over 65 work at least part time! That’s good news for me!
The author talks about the “rhythm in retirement” and asks the question, “What’s yours?” That’s why I’m “webbing.”
Retirement Zone - - a new term for a new stage of your life: This really helped me think about retirement as a new stage of life versus a destination.
For a few months (or even a year) you might feel you’re in transition. “You don’t change in retirement from the person you were before,” comments Rogenstein. “You may change what you do on a daily basis, but you bring your little red wagon with you… So if you think when you retire, you are going to just sit, and you’re an active person, well that’s not going to happen.”
I'm feeling better about the project. I never really thought about "researching" issues in my personal life - that is something you did at school. Interesting.
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