Your 60s, In Retirement
Retirement is an identity event, not a lifestyle event. For men whose identity = work, the Friday after retirement is often harder than any Monday.
What's actually happening in your 60s
Retirement is an identity event, not a lifestyle event. For men whose identity = work, the Friday after retirement is often harder than any Monday. In your 60s, this often combines with retirement identity shift.
Themes that show up most: retirement identity shift, first real grief (spouses, peers), health management as full-time work, relationship with adult children, grandchildren, becoming a widower
Emotional vocabulary for this decade
The feelings that most often surface at this life stage. Click to get body signatures, sentence stems, and confusions with adjacent emotions.
Situations men at this stage commonly face
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