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Nothing to Do and All Day to Do it : Finding Your Footing in the First Year of Retirement
Overview
Your last day at work is over. Monday morning is yours. Now what?
The commute has disappeared. The alarm clock has lost its authority. Yet having more time does not always mean knowing what to do with it. Nothing to Do and All Day to Do It is a warm, practical companion to the first year of retirement. Thomas Piunti explores the everyday questions that follow a working life: how to shape a week, keep in touch with people, share space at home, and find something worth getting up for. Across nineteen chapters, you will explore:- Building comfortable routines without recreating the working week
- Maintaining friendships and finding company when you live alone
- Staying active at a pace that suits your circumstances
- Managing monthly income and recognizing common scams
- Traveling at home and abroad, and considering a move overseas
- Deciding whether to work again and exploring less physically demanding ways to earn extra money
- Making room for disappointment, changing plans, and ordinary pleasures Each chapter opens with a credited Stoic quotation and closes with something manageable to try or consider. Gentle humor and fictional everyday examples keep the discussion grounded in real life. Whether retirement was your choice or arrived unexpectedly, you do not need to fill every hour to make your days worthwhile. Begin with the next Monday-and a life that has room for you.
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- ISBN-13: 9798140100292
- ISBN-10: 9798140100292
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: November 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.38 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
- Page Count: 166
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