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A sense of personal value can help retirees keep going
I went from enjoying corporate success to finding significance in retirement.
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Retirement is a new phase in our lives with unlimited options on how we want to spend our time meaningfully.
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Gerard Ee
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For most of us, up until retirement, life is about earning a living and hopefully building an adequate nest egg for the future. Assuming that we succeed in this part of life’s journey, the big question is, what do we do from the day we retire?
The idea of not having to work another day may sound alluring to a person who has been clocking 44 hours or more a week at work. I felt that way as my own retirement approached.
