@kathyatthebeach: There are plenty of books telling us how to take care of ourselves as we get older. But I’m beginning to think we could use another kind of manual. One for all the things nobody really prepares us for. The changes in our relationships. The changes in our roles. Retirement. Having more time. Missing parts of our old life even when we don’t actually want that life back. And learning who we are as everything around us begins to look a little different. If I could write one page in that manual, mine would say: Give yourself time to transition. You don’t have to figure out retirement—or growing older—overnight. You can be grateful for where you are and still grieve something you’ve left behind. You can love your new life and still miss pieces of the old one. Maybe growing older isn’t one enormous adjustment we’re supposed to make. Maybe it’s hundreds of little adjustments we learn to make along the way. That’s what I’d put on my page. Now I’m genuinely curious—what would you put on yours? 💛 #retirement #nextchapter #retirementreflections #retiredlife #over60

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Wednesday 02 September 2026 17:01:01 GMT