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Most people don’t realize the generation entering retirement right now is grieving two things simultaneously — the careers that defined them and the younger selves who believed those careers would be enough

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Most people don’t realize the generation entering retirement right now is grieving two things simultaneously — the careers that defined them and the younger selves who believed those careers would be enough
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I was at the hardware store last week, standing in the electrical aisle out of habit more than need. Guy next to me, probably my age, was staring at circuit breakers like they held the secrets of the universe. Turns out he’d just retired after forty years as a plumber. “I don’t even need these,” he said, holding up a pack of washers. “I just miss having a reason to be here.”
That’s when it hit me. We’re all walking around with the same ache, and no

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