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How retirement can trigger purpose crisis

I retired last year and I miss the stress and importance of my old job, which makes me feel crazy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Leaving high-responsibility roles can create existential emptiness when professional meaning-making was central to identity construction.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Life transitions as identity events?”

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