Patrice Jenkins wrote this book to rescue people who are trapped in their careers. These individuals have prepared financially for retirement but they stay in jobs/careers because they don’t know what they would do if they weren’t working. After conducting interviews and coaching individuals through the retirement transition process, she learned their resistance boils down
Patrice Jenkins wrote this book to rescue people who are trapped in their careers. These individuals have prepared financially for retirement but they stay in jobs/careers because they don’t know what they would do if they weren’t working. After conducting interviews and coaching individuals through the retirement transition process, she learned their resistance boils down to one looming question, What will I do all day?
This question isn’t about keeping busy. There are always enough things to do, but who wants to wake up to a to-do list for the next 20-30 years? At the core of What will I do all day? is a deeper emotional question. What will I do all day that will be meaningful, provide direction for my life, keep me engaged in society, and still be fun and rewarding? That’s a much harder question to answer than how will I keep busy?
To get over retirement and on with living, you need to understand the deeper issues of retirement. The issues a simple financial strategy or get-away vacation won’t solve. What is rarely discussed is how you feel about retirement. In her book, Jenkins helps you identify these core feelings and address your unspoken fears if retirement feels like a long road to the end. You’ll get to know what really matters to you, the things you want to build into your retirement plan. You’ll learn from other people’s experience with retirement what you need to do now to start preparing.
There is life after work, in fact this life probably includes work, but you’ll need to get over retirement to start living and enjoying this next stage of life. This book will help you do that!
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A great little book to give to that person you know … A great little book to give to that person you know who is retiring. There are so many books out there on this subject and after reading all the descriptions, I decided on this one to give as a gift to my sister in law who just retired. She very much appreciated it and is looking forward to reading it for ideas for when she gets bored! I recommend this book.
Easy to read I read this book after I retired. It had some good examples of things others do to keep busy and fulfilled in their retirement years. It was a bit repetitive to read but did have some good ideas – probably could have been half the length.
Excellent suggestions. Thought provoking. I have many interests and hobbies and thought I’d never be bored. As a new retiree, I have been a bit bored and have been searching for meaningful ways to spend some of my time. This book provides excellent suggestions and let’s you know you’re not the only one adjusting to the transition.