Shine On
A few months ago, I passed the five-year mark of my retirement. For me, someone almost addicted to self-improvement, anniversaries are typically a time to look back on how I’ve been doing,
Judith Nadratowski
The Search for Purpose in Retirement — and All That Happens in Between
As an eternal optimist, I enjoy success stories. And lately, I’ve been running into lots of them about retirement. But I’ve also noticed that, too often, these stories leap from here
Forging a Retirement Identity (With a Little Help from My Friends)
It was a perfect early spring evening for cocktails at a Manhattan rooftop lounge, and I couldn’t wait. Not only to get back to New York after more than two years away
Retire? Whatever Do You Mean!
Can this be The Great Indignation? It seems everybody’s not doing it — retirement, that is. Last weekend, an article profiling the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, now with a new band among
Becoming Retired
My successor was ready; I’d cleared my office, surrendered my laptop, and made my farewells. Toting a shopping bag filled with my office shoe collection and an assortment of farewell flowers, I
Deciding to Retire
The small stack of books decorating the corner of my desk tells my story: The Psychology of Retirement, What color is your retirement?, Blue Horses poems, Life is in the Transitions, and my