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When retirement scares you because the job was who you were

Twenty years of adrenaline, close calls, and losses have made me someone I barely recognize. Now retirement is coming, and instead of relief I feel dread. I don't know who I am when I'm not the guy who runs toward the fire.

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After decades on the job, retirement scares you because you don't know who you are without it.

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