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"item_description" : "You retired. So why does it feel so strange?You spent years imagining the freedom.No alarm. No commute. No meetings. No Sunday-night dread.Then retirement finally arrives, and somewhere between the farewell cake and the first few empty Tuesdays, you discover something nobody put in the brochure: Leaving work and learning how to live without it are two different things. The Retirement Landing is a practical, reassuring guide to the first year after retirement, when the old structure has disappeared but the new one hasn't quite taken shape. You may feel relieved one week and restless the next. You may miss people you were certain you wouldn't miss. You may discover that unlimited free time is surprisingly difficult to organize. Spending money can feel different. Your job title may still be doing more identity work than you realized. And once everyone discovers that you're free now, your calendar can fill up remarkably quickly. Ayson R. Boone takes you through the ten adjustments that make the first year of retirement so unexpectedly complicated, including: the strange disorientation of the first weeksthe emotional hangover that follows decades of workingthe backward pull of the job you already leftidentity after the job title disappearsbuilding a week with enough structure, but not too muchadjusting to spending from savings instead of earning itfriendship, loneliness, and protecting your time from everyone else's plansThere's no reinvention program here. No demand to discover your purpose, reinvent yourself, or become impressively fulfilled before the end of the year. Instead, The Retirement Landing helps you rest, let go, rebuild, and gradually find a rhythm that feels like your own.You don't have to make retirement spectacular. First, you have to learn how to live in it. The Retirement Landing is Book Two of the Retirement, Unadvertised series. It reads on its own, whether or not you have read Book One, Should I Retire Now? If retirement has arrived but you're still finding your footing, start The Retirement Landing and begin building a rhythm that feels like your own.",
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The Retirement Landing : A Practical, No-Nonsense Guide to Navigating the First Year After Leaving Work and Finding Your Rhythm
Overview
You retired. So why does it feel so strange?You spent years imagining the freedom.
No alarm. No commute. No meetings. No Sunday-night dread.
Then retirement finally arrives, and somewhere between the farewell cake and the first few empty Tuesdays, you discover something nobody put in the brochure: Leaving work and learning how to live without it are two different things. The Retirement Landing is a practical, reassuring guide to the first year after retirement, when the old structure has disappeared but the new one hasn't quite taken shape. You may feel relieved one week and restless the next. You may miss people you were certain you wouldn't miss. You may discover that unlimited free time is surprisingly difficult to organize. Spending money can feel different. Your job title may still be doing more identity work than you realized. And once everyone discovers that you're "free now," your calendar can fill up remarkably quickly. Ayson R. Boone takes you through the ten adjustments that make the first year of retirement so unexpectedly complicated, including:- the strange disorientation of the first weeks
- the emotional hangover that follows decades of working
- the backward pull of the job you already left
- identity after the job title disappears
- building a week with enough structure, but not too much
- adjusting to spending from savings instead of earning it
- friendship, loneliness, and protecting your time from everyone else's plans
You don't have to make retirement spectacular. First, you have to learn how to live in it. The Retirement Landing is Book Two of the Retirement, Unadvertised series. It reads on its own, whether or not you have read Book One, Should I Retire Now? If retirement has arrived but you're still finding your footing, start The Retirement Landing and begin building a rhythm that feels like your own.
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- ISBN-13: 9781923820036
- ISBN-10: 1923820036
- Publisher: Latitude 16 Degrees
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.38 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.54 pounds
- Page Count: 178
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