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'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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