How to Know When It’s Time to Go: Retiring on Your Own Terms

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🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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President Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race put a spotlight on a vexing question: when is the right time to call it quits and retire? Whether or not you’re president of the United States, stepping away from a job you love – or just sort of like – can be a terrifying decision. The transition can be filled with unknowns and unexpected struggles including a lack of daily structure, a different social network, and adapting to new views of self-worth and purpose. We’ll talk about the reasons some delay retirement, how you can prepare to make the transition and how to find fulfillment in your next chapter. Guests: Charley Locke, freelance journalist focusing on kids and elders. Her latest story for the Atlantic is "Retirement Gets Harder the Longer You Wait." Ashwin Kotwal, assistant professor of medicine in the division of geriatrics, UCSF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:22.6	When President Joe Biden suddenly decided a week ago to drop out of the presidential race, many said the decision was long overdue.
1:30.3	At age 81, Biden is already the oldest person ever to hold that office, and yet, as he showed, retiring from work, especially if you love your job, can be hard and stressful, whether or not your president of the United States.
1:44.8	What will I do with my time?
1:46.7	Will I have enough money to have a comfortable life?
1:49.5	Those are just some of the questions people on the verge of retirement may ask.
1:53.5	This hour, we'll answer those questions and hear what you can do now
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