Category Archives: retirement books

  1. Retirement Transition Reading: Composing a Further Life

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    December 2, 2014 by Jean

    Recently, my retirees lunch group (see W.O.W.) has begun choosing a book to discuss at our monthly get-togethers, and our …
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  2. Retirement Transition Reading: With A Little Help From Our Friends

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    September 22, 2014 by Jean

    After writing a post (Getting By With A Little Help From Our Friends) about the importance of building a community …
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  3. Retirement Transition Reading: The Retirement Maze

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    July 29, 2014 by Jean

    Recently, a reader recommended that I take a look at The Retirement Maze: What You Should Know Before and After …
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  4. Retirement Transition Reading: The Experience of Retirement

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    April 27, 2014 by Jean

    …All retirees face the same two challenges of retirement: to manage its threat of marginality and to utilize its promise …
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  5. Retirement Transition Reading: Supercharged Retirement

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    February 23, 2014 by Jean

    It’s probably not surprising, given my academic training, that my response to any approaching major life event is an extensive …
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  6. Both Exciting and Scary

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    February 16, 2014 by Jean

    Recently, I asked one of my senior students how she was feeling about her impending graduation from college, and she …
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I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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