The Money Quote: “Retirement is not a finish line. It’s becoming a pivot point.” Love this. That's certainly true for me. I'm starting my seventh business at age 70.
Michael - I've been following you since your early 50s when you were blogging on TypePad. As I approach that age now and learn from my neighbors in The Villages, FL — your constant pursuit of the next challenge is always a touchstone inspiration. Excited to watch you with #7 at 70!
I see you're using the Axios Smart Brevity system. ;-) As an almost-64-year-old, I will say I'm very much looking forward to retirement (whenever I'm able to make that happen), but for me that means more time to do the things I want to be doing: hiking, writing, spending time with friends. My plan is not to sit around eating bon-bons. My father, on the other hand, retired at 76 only because a neurological ailment forced him to; he would have kept working his whole life if he'd been able to, but he really loved his work as an architecture professor. I've had friends retire and feel at loose ends without the structure and identity of a job, and others who seemed to have no transition period at all and loved it from the start. There are so many ways to grow older, and I hope we can redefine what it means — and also account for people's individual inclinations.
Yes - built the weekly digest format after reading the Smart Brevity book. Good eye to catch the Axios inspo! I've observed a number of retirement paths taken since moving to the community here Rosana. And I celebrate everyone finding what they want to do how they want to do it. I think it is the exploration within whatever constraints or with whatever resources we have -- that's essential.
The Money Quote: “Retirement is not a finish line. It’s becoming a pivot point.” Love this. That's certainly true for me. I'm starting my seventh business at age 70.
Michael - I've been following you since your early 50s when you were blogging on TypePad. As I approach that age now and learn from my neighbors in The Villages, FL — your constant pursuit of the next challenge is always a touchstone inspiration. Excited to watch you with #7 at 70!
I see you're using the Axios Smart Brevity system. ;-) As an almost-64-year-old, I will say I'm very much looking forward to retirement (whenever I'm able to make that happen), but for me that means more time to do the things I want to be doing: hiking, writing, spending time with friends. My plan is not to sit around eating bon-bons. My father, on the other hand, retired at 76 only because a neurological ailment forced him to; he would have kept working his whole life if he'd been able to, but he really loved his work as an architecture professor. I've had friends retire and feel at loose ends without the structure and identity of a job, and others who seemed to have no transition period at all and loved it from the start. There are so many ways to grow older, and I hope we can redefine what it means — and also account for people's individual inclinations.
Yes - built the weekly digest format after reading the Smart Brevity book. Good eye to catch the Axios inspo! I've observed a number of retirement paths taken since moving to the community here Rosana. And I celebrate everyone finding what they want to do how they want to do it. I think it is the exploration within whatever constraints or with whatever resources we have -- that's essential.