Grief After Retirement

von Tamsin Quimby

166 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The hardest part of retirement isn't leaving your job-it's figuring out who you are when the job title can nolonger answer for you. Tamsin Quimby's insightful book explores the identity grief that surfaces not in thefarewell party, but in the quiet weeks after, when the structure holding your sense of self for decades suddenlydisappears.When work ends, the loss isn't just income or routine-it's the collapse of a narrative you used to introduceyourself and justify your existence. Grief After Retirement: After the Title is not a financial planning guide, abucket list template, or a collection of retirement stories. Instead, it unpacks the psychological ambush mostretirees face but few name: realizing you have no idea what you're supposed to *be* for the next eight hours, letalone thirty years.Through honest reflection and relatable scenarios, you will confront the hidden dimensions of post-workidentity loss: - The Ambush: Why the hardest moment hits three weeks in, when logistics end and the question of whoyou are without a title begins.- The Invisible Moment: How introducing yourself as "retired" can feel like confessing you no longermatter, signaling a deeper identity collapse.- The Evacuated Quiet: The specific silence when the role that gave your life structure disappears, leavingyou uncertain what you're supposed to be.- The Empty Chair: Why small objects-a cold coffee mug, an unused workspace-carry the weight of anidentity you haven't yet mourned.Every chapter offers concrete practices to move past paralysis and rebuild a sense of self not tethered toprofessional achievement. Start reading Grief After Retirement: After the Title today and learn to name whatyou've lost so you can discover who you are when work isn't the answer anymore.

• ISBN: 9781804285510
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Readers First Publishing Ltd