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How over-scheduling undermines the gift of retirement freedom

I volunteer at three different places now because sitting still makes me feel guilty but I'm exhausted and this isn't what I thought retirement would be.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Avoiding the discomfort of stillness recreates the very patterns that retirement was meant to escape.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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