#retirement-reflection

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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

I spent thirty years climbing the corporate ladder and retired at 64 with full benefits - and then sat in my den realizing that every promotion I celebrated was just another year I didn't spend becoming someone I actually recognized - Silicon Canals

Decades of career success can result in losing personal identity and missing meaningful relationships with family while pursuing professional achievement.
fromSilicon Canals
4 days ago

I'm 66 and I finally stopped trying to impress people who were never actually paying attention - and the silence taught me that most of what I thought mattered was just performance anxiety dressed up as ambition - Silicon Canals

I spent forty years trying to impress people who probably forgot my name five minutes after I left their house. That's a hell of a thing to admit at sixty-six. But there it is. I've been retired for a couple years now, and the quiet has taught me things I was too busy to learn when I was running around with a van full of wire and a head full of worry.
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