My spouse died last year and suddenly all our careful retirement planning is just spreadsheets for a future that will never happen and I do not know how to want anything anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared dreams become meaningless when the person who gave them meaning is gone, requiring reconstruction of purpose.
“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.