It's the Brian Laird show on WNYC.

Welcome back everybody.

I'm Cushia Navidar filling in for Brian today.

Let's talk about retirement.

Sometimes in the middle of your career,

you really can't wait to retire, but as you approach

retirement age, especially if you're dedicated to your career, it can be really hard to step

away.

After President Biden's shaky first debate,

amid the many calls from Democrats to step aside, he was steadfast on staying in the

race. Of course that changed and the public watched and debated and scrutinized while he went through

the process of finally choosing to step away from the presidency.

But aside from the political conversation, there is the very human conversation to be had about the challenges related to retiring of stepping away from work work which maybe you've poured your life into.

According to the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College,

the average age of retirement for men is 65

and for women it's 63.

According to an article from the Atlantic titled

Retirement Gets Harder the longer you wait.

If individuals stay longer and their identities are tied to their career, retiring may not just be hard,

it might pose some health challenges of its own.

Charlie Locke is the writer of that article whose work about elders and youth has also appeared in the New York Times magazine and Bloomberg Business Week.

Charlie is also sitting right across the desk from me right now, so we're super happy to have you in the studio welcome to

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