Retiring as a Career: Making the Most of Your Retirement

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Every year, millions of Americans retireand many of them wonder what went wrong. What they envisioned as a graceful pirouette into the golden years often leads instead to a rude awakening. Why We all know about financial planning for retirement, but emotional and social planning is just as important. This book deals with the issues of purpose and structure, self-esteem, emotional and social roles, resources, and the special issues of women who retire. Based on the results of a survey of successful retirees, it helps readers to learn from their experiences and benefit from their own hard-won wisdom. In many ways, today's retirees are pioneers, charting new courses for their unprecedented long futures. This book looks at the changing faces, definitions, and models of retirement in order to help those who are looking forward to their own. It enables readers to identify and avoid some of the typical pitfalls of retirement: moving too quickly from a fast-paced schedule to a life of total leisure; giving up home, friends, and community to move to a strange location; expecting your spouse to cooperate with your own retirement plans; and doing too muchor too little.

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"A must read for anyone who hopes to have a successful transition from work to retirement. Betsy Kyte Newman hits the nail right on the head--helping you understand the meaning retirement might have for you, the importance of the need to structure your time, awareness of your self image and other emotional issues, changes in relationships with family and friends, relocation and other housing considerations, and what you might do if you find that retirement isn't working out the way you expected."-Steven S. Shagrin President, Planning for Life
"Betsy Kyte Newman dispels the notion that retirement is a purely economic event, but rather an important life transition that requires planning and preparation in all areas of life. Retiring as a Career is well researched and insightful--I highly recommend this book."-Carol Anderson President & CEO, Money Quotient, Inc.

Author Bio

BETSY KYTE NEWMAN a consultant in management education and career development, is the Director of Counseling and Career Services in Cincinnati, Ohio. She specializes in career planning, mid-career change, and life transitions.