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When Your Retirement Dreams Don't Match Social Expectations

My friends are all planning these elaborate retirements with travel and hobbies but I just want to be left alone to read books and they act like there is something wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Authentic desires conflict with cultural narratives about what retirement should look like.

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.