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How retirement can turn routine maintenance into false purpose

I keep scheduling medical appointments just to have something on my calendar and somewhere to go.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The need for structure can transform mundane necessities into artificial meaning-making.

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“Where Are You with Retirement and the gift of unstructured time?”

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