Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years: Find Joy, Excitement, and Purpose After You Retire

Have you retired or are about to and have no clue what to do next? Don’t succumb to isolation and depression as so many have. This book offers a detailed guide for retirees, those soon to retire, baby boomers, and seniors to reinvent themselves in this new stage of their lives by finding joy, excitement, and purpose in their retirement. It is not a one-size-fits-all approach but instead highlights how each individual can identify and locate gratifying activities and pursuits based on their own interests and comfort level. The author learned the secret the hard way and finally transitioned from retired probation officer to actress, author, guest speaker, and blogger. Audience members at her lectures on senior reinvention began requesting a book on the subject. This is the result, and it contains the content of those talks as well as six years of posts from her blog. Her lectures, blog, and this book are all titled, "Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years." Don’t waste away in an unfulfilling retirement. This book could impact the rest of your life! CHAPTER HEADINGS: Chapter 1 "My Story": This is a recounting of the author's own personal journey from retired probation officer to actress, author, speaker, and blogger. It lays out her awkward stumbling toward figuring out and finding a path that was gratifying for her to reinvent herself as a retiree and senior, and how she did it. Chapter 2 "Fear of Retirement": This chapter details why people are afraid to retire and often avoid it as long as possible. Chapter 3 "Why People Retire": This is a discussion of all the reasons people finally do retire which will sound familiar to most. Chapter 4 "Finding Joy, Excitement, and Purpose in Your Retirement": This offers a guide to help the reader identify what might even be of interest to them as well as how and where to find it. Chapter 5 "The Secret": This is a discussion on how to customize available choices to your particular personality and interests. Chapter 6 "Activities and Pursuits": This offers a long, detailed account of what is available to retirees in the community. There are many you may not have thought about or even known about. Many may pique your interest. Chapter 7 "How and Where to Find Activities and Pursuits: Once you have identified something or somethings that sound interesting, how and where do you find them? This chapter helps direct you. Chapter 8 "Volunteering": Retirees and seniors make up the largest block of volunteers. This chapter is devoted to a discussion of volunteer activities, how to choose which is right for you, and how to access it. Chapter 9 "Employment": Many retirees want or need to earn extra money to supplement their retirement income. This is a discussion of various income earning activities available for retirees and how to access them. Chapter 10 "Posts from My Blog": In 2013, the author began writing a free, online blog every two weeks. In it, she discusses her thoughts observations, and experiences which she believes are universal to her age demographic of retirees and seniors. Her blog is titled the same as her public lecture and this book, "Reinventing Yourself in Your Retirement Years." Further information can be found at the author's website: LeeGaleGruen.wordpress.com