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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoI always assumed retirement would bring peace - instead it feels like being handed the life I never had time to live, and the weight of that freedom is scarier than any deadline ever was - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis and feelings of purposelessness after decades of structured work life.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology suggests the reason retirement feels like grief for so many people isn't weakness - it's because purpose, structure, and identity were all bundled into one thing called a job, and losing the job means losing all three at once - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to a profound loss of purpose, structure, and identity, creating feelings of grief and invisibility.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThe most underrated quality of people who age well isn't health, money, or family - it's that they built a relationship with themselves long before they needed it to be the primary one, and the people who arrive at 70 having ignored that relationship are the ones who find solitude unbearable when it finally arrives - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis if one hasn't developed a relationship with themselves beyond their work.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPsychology says the emptiness people feel after retirement isn't about missing work - it's about mourning a version of themselves that the outside world will no longer confirm exists - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to a loss of identity and social validation, causing feelings of 'social death' for many individuals.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThere's a kind of man who runs entirely on obligation for forty years - provider, fixer, the one who shows up - and retirement is the first morning he wakes up with nothing to fix and realizes he built himself no other way to matter - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis for those who defined themselves by their work and responsibilities.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoResearch suggests the loneliness people feel after a long career ends isn't about missing the work - it's about discovering that most of their relationships were infrastructure, not friendship - Silicon Canals
Retirement often leads to unexpected loneliness due to the loss of social structures that support friendships.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoI always assumed retirement would bring peace - instead it feels like being handed the life I never had time to live, and the weight of that freedom is scarier than any deadline ever was - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis and feelings of purposelessness after decades of structured work life.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology suggests the reason retirement feels like grief for so many people isn't weakness - it's because purpose, structure, and identity were all bundled into one thing called a job, and losing the job means losing all three at once - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to a profound loss of purpose, structure, and identity, creating feelings of grief and invisibility.
Writing
fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 days agoI quit fast-paced journalism to care for my sick mom. My experience in both led me to become a celebrant at funerals.
Mandy Appleyard transitioned from a journalism career to caregiving for her mother, finding new purpose and connection during challenging times.
fromBuzzFeed
4 months agoWe Abandoned Our 'Perfect' Life To Travel The World With Nothing But Essentials
When my husband and I told people we were selling everything we owned to travel full time, most assumed we were either having a midlife crisis or chasing an early retirement fantasy. The truth is, it was neither. It was something we couldn't quite explain at the time, only that we felt called to do it. We were 50-something empty nesters with 35 years of marriage under our belt.
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
6 months agoI moved back home after graduating from college. No one told me maintaining a social life would be so hard.
Earlier this year, I could typically be found in my college apartment in Syracuse, New York. The space may not have been ideal, with its cracking plaster and creaking staircase, but when the lease came to an end, my roommate and I weren't ready to say goodbye. Our apartment had been the home of weekly wine nights, tarot readings, and movie screenings.
Mental health
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
7 months ago4 Tips for enjoying your empty nest
Empty nest syndrome refers to the grief that many parents feel when their children move out of home. This condition is typically more common in women, who are more likely to have had the role of primary care provider. Unlike the grief experienced when (for example) a loved one dies, the grief of empty nest syndrome often goes unrecognized, because an adult child moving out of home is seen as a normal, healthy event.
Alternative medicine
fromBusiness Insider
8 months agoI was a firefighter for 17 years, and I now use those skills as a stay-at-home dad. Laundry sometimes feels like an emergency.
While I'd always done my share at home, my family knew that now I had 'nothing else to do,' which meant I was now asked to do a lot more.
Parenting
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