Life After Work for Men: a Practical Guide to Building Purpose, Routine, Friendships and Retirement You Actually Want

You've planned how to stop working. But have you planned what an ordinary Tuesday will look like afterwards? Retirement can remove far more than a salary. Work may also have been providing structure, social contact, challenge, progress, routine, identity and a reason to get out of the house. Life After Work for Men is a practical, non-financial guide for men approaching retirement, newly retired, semi-retired, or already wondering why retirement isn't quite working as expected. Rather than telling you to simply "stay busy" or find one grand purpose, this book gives you a practical system for building a retirement that works in everyday life. You'll learn how to: - identify what work has quietly been providing - protect relationships and routines you don't want to lose - rebuild connection, challenge, structure and progress - test activities and big retirement ideas before committing - create a realistic first 90 days - build a week with Anchors, Projects and Open Space - shape the year around seasons, projects and things to anticipate - review and reset retirement when circumstances change The book also includes 19 practical worksheets and planning tools, including the Tuesday Test, Work Replacement Audit, Social Network Map, Experiment Card, Working Retirement Week and Retirement Operating Plan. Retire from work without retiring from life.