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When the reason for early retirement disappears

I retired early to spend time with my aging parents but they died six months later and now I have twenty years of retirement I don't know what to do with.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Life's unpredictability can leave us holding time we planned to use for purposes that no longer exist.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.