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When retirement leaves you feeling purposeless despite having all the time in the world

I retired three months ago and every morning I wake up at 5:30 AM like I did for thirty years but now I have nowhere to go and I just lie there feeling completely lost.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The sudden absence of external structure reveals how much identity was tied to role rather than self.

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.