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Your 70s and beyond, 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 the research says
Men 75+ have the highest suicide rate of any demographic. Older widowers who remarry live longer and report higher life satisfaction than those who don't.

What's actually happening in your 70s and beyond

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 70s and beyond, this often combines with survivor's life.

Themes that show up most: survivor's life, peer funerals, medical reality, reconciliation with estranged family, grand-parenting, legacy, dying well

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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