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When Your Identity Is Too Tied to Your Career Success

I have enough saved to retire at 62 but my identity is so wrapped up in being successful at work that I cannot imagine who I would be without my title and salary.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The structures that provided meaning and identity are becoming temporary, forcing a confrontation with who you are beneath your roles.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Money in your 50s and 60s — the pre-retirement decade?”

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