I’ve watched a few people retire and it’s a difficult transition.
You could argue that work was just a placeholder for finding your purpose. We need money to live and you need to work to make money, so your work gave your life that purpose. But it was a macguffin.
In retirement, theoretically, you have all the money you’ll need. And so you stop working.
And now you have to struggle through the process of finding meaning in your life. What a pickle we find ourselves in.
Time for some advice from Richard Nixon. 🤣
Tricky Dick’s Essential Retirement Advice [The Best Interest] – “Virtually every study of retiree “success” will mention purpose. Though, to be fair, “purpose” and “work” are not synonymous. A person can find immense purpose without having a job or some laborious task.Â
But honing in on that purpose isn’t easy.
Retirement expert Fritz Gilbert describes finding purpose as “…the greatest of the secrets to a great retirement. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the more difficult to achieve. Finding a purpose is an intangible quest, with no clearly defined checklists available to guide you in your search.” “
BTW, Jesse is great and he cites Fritz, who is also great and his blog is often cited here. Enjoy!