When Roxanne and I teamed up to write a book about retirement for women, we wanted the content to be about the social and emotional aspects of this transition, based on the experiences of women who…
When Roxanne and I teamed up to write a book about retirement for women, we wanted the content to be about the social and emotional aspects of this transition, based on the experiences of women who had already retired. So we created a questionnaire and invited women to respond. To our delight, we heard from 282 women from 11 different countries.
Some women joyfully embrace the word, while others want to banish it from their vocabulary. Some find the word reassuring; others resent its implications. Some feel retirement connotes a grand new adventure full of possibilities; others feel it represents loss and irrelevance. Perhaps some of their comments will resonate with you.Some women are just plain-old thrilled to be retired.
I describe retirement as “maximum me-time.” I’m proud that I chose to retire and “do me” early in life. So few people ever get that chance and by the time they do, they’re half dead sometimes. I didn’t want to retire and then drop dead a few months later. I wanted to take some time for myself, finally, after years of giving. and meaning—to excavate their long-dormant authentic selves.
Until recently, the word retirement was full of positive connotations. After years of working, you could finally relax and enjoy life. Lately, that’s changed. Too many people have been retired against their will. They haven’t really retired; they were thrown away. When we were used up, we were tossed out. also forced some of our respondents to retire earlier than they wished, contributing to a sense of loss—and negative perceptions of what retirement means—on multiple levels.
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