Publisher's Synopsis
Whether you are about to retire, already retired, urged to retire or involuntarily downsized, the retirement experience is a seismic shift from known to unknown. Shifting Gears to Your Life & Work After Retirement will clarify and demystify the confusion, even the panic, surrounding this crucial transition, and help you design your ideal retired life path.
Income may not be first on your list for what you will miss most about working. Even more critical, how will you replace your sense of social connection, purpose, mental stimulation, relevance? And how will this sea-change effect your essential relationships? While there are many books to help you with your retirement finances, what about your retirement life? What will engage you and make this final third of your life meaningful and right for you? Shifting Gears will be your guide through the possibly shattering, but ultimately exhilarating, process of defining and pursuing the path best suited to who you have become, and who you want to be when you "grow up" again, this time. WHAT'S INSIDE?- 10-Point Retirement Countdown to let go of the old.
- Proven 5-Step Process to create your own exciting new retirement.
- 7 engaging pathways to pursue or combine.
- 5 categories of work, including pursuits you may not have thought of.
- Sample matches of your uniqueness with absorbing options of pursuit.
- Specific resources to optimize your passage.
- Snapshots of retirees who invented their own compelling retirements.
- Current and emerging technologies & their significance for your future.
- Issues & needs that arise when retiring jointly with your partner.
- A goldmine of updated websites to supercharge your journey of discovery.
