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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoMindfulness
Behavioral scientists found that the most dangerous period in a man's retirement isn't the first week or even the first month - it's the moment around month four when the novelty wears off and you realize that the life you spent thirty years dreaming about has no structure, no purpose, and no one waiting for you to show up - Silicon Canals
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoRetirement
There's a version of retirement happiness that nobody puts in the brochures - it's not the traveling or the golf or the grandchildren visits, it's the first morning you wake up and realize you have absolutely no one to impress and the relief of that lands in your chest like something you've been waiting your whole life to feel - Silicon Canals
Retirement
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week agoHe turned 50 and realized the entrepreneur grind wasn't worth it. 2 years later, he retired to Chiang Mai.
Arinjay Jain re-evaluated his life at 50, deciding to retire in Chiang Mai, Thailand after achieving financial security through real estate investments.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI retired at 62 with everything I'd worked for - a paid-off house, healthy savings, and freedom to do whatever I wanted - and spent the first six months feeling like I was disappearing because nobody needed me anymore - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to feelings of insignificance and loss of purpose after years of being needed.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoI retired at 62 with everything I thought I wanted and spent the first six months staring at my calendar realizing I had nothing to genuinely look forward to - not one single thing that made my chest feel light - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis and a lack of purpose after years of structured work.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoBehavioral scientists found that the most dangerous period in a man's retirement isn't the first week or even the first month - it's the moment around month four when the novelty wears off and you realize that the life you spent thirty years dreaming about has no structure, no purpose, and no one waiting for you to show up - Silicon Canals
Retirement brings an initial euphoria followed by a sense of emptiness as purpose diminishes after completing projects.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThere's a version of retirement happiness that nobody puts in the brochures - it's not the traveling or the golf or the grandchildren visits, it's the first morning you wake up and realize you have absolutely no one to impress and the relief of that lands in your chest like something you've been waiting your whole life to feel - Silicon Canals
Retirement brings a profound realization of freedom from the need to impress others.
Retirement
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week agoHe turned 50 and realized the entrepreneur grind wasn't worth it. 2 years later, he retired to Chiang Mai.
Arinjay Jain re-evaluated his life at 50, deciding to retire in Chiang Mai, Thailand after achieving financial security through real estate investments.
fromBuzzFeed
3 months agoWe Abandoned Our 'Perfect' Life To Travel The World With Nothing But Essentials
When my husband and I told people we were selling everything we owned to travel full time, most assumed we were either having a midlife crisis or chasing an early retirement fantasy. The truth is, it was neither. It was something we couldn't quite explain at the time, only that we felt called to do it. We were 50-something empty nesters with 35 years of marriage under our belt.
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
6 months agoI moved back home after graduating from college. No one told me maintaining a social life would be so hard.
Earlier this year, I could typically be found in my college apartment in Syracuse, New York. The space may not have been ideal, with its cracking plaster and creaking staircase, but when the lease came to an end, my roommate and I weren't ready to say goodbye. Our apartment had been the home of weekly wine nights, tarot readings, and movie screenings.
Mental health
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
6 months ago4 Tips for enjoying your empty nest
Empty nest syndrome refers to the grief that many parents feel when their children move out of home. This condition is typically more common in women, who are more likely to have had the role of primary care provider. Unlike the grief experienced when (for example) a loved one dies, the grief of empty nest syndrome often goes unrecognized, because an adult child moving out of home is seen as a normal, healthy event.
Alternative medicine
fromBusiness Insider
7 months agoI was a firefighter for 17 years, and I now use those skills as a stay-at-home dad. Laundry sometimes feels like an emergency.
While I'd always done my share at home, my family knew that now I had 'nothing else to do,' which meant I was now asked to do a lot more.
Parenting
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