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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
17 hours agoPsychology says the grief that follows retirement isn't about losing your job - it's about the self that only existed inside the job, the one who was competent and needed and clearly defined, and that self doesn't retire when you do, it simply loses the only environment that was ever capable of calling it into existence - Silicon Canals
Retirement challenges identity, as losing a job often means losing a coherent sense of self.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoI retired at 64 with a generous pension and a calendar full of plans - and by month three I was staring at my phone realizing I had nobody to call just to talk, not because I needed something - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to unexpected loneliness and a realization of the lack of genuine friendships built outside of work.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoBehavioral scientists found that the most dangerous period in a man's retirement isn't the first week or even the first month - it's the moment around month four when the novelty wears off and you realize that the life you spent thirty years dreaming about has no structure, no purpose, and no one waiting for you to show up - Silicon Canals
Retirement brings an initial euphoria followed by a sense of emptiness as purpose diminishes after completing projects.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoI retired at 62 with everything I'd worked for - a paid-off house, healthy savings, and freedom to do whatever I wanted - and spent the first six months feeling like I was disappearing because nobody needed me anymore - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to feelings of insignificance and loss of purpose after years of being needed.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychologists explain that people who feel neglected in retirement aren't necessarily being ignored - they're experiencing the sudden absence of the role-based relationships that made them feel valued for forty years - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to feelings of invisibility and loss of identity as relationships formed at work fade away.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoI retired at 62 with everything I thought I wanted and spent the first six months staring at my calendar realizing I had nothing to genuinely look forward to - not one single thing that made my chest feel light - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to an identity crisis and a lack of purpose after years of structured work.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
2 days agoIt was huge for my career. It was about fine margins, and playing in those big games where everyone was watching, you learn a lot about yourself. Are you at that level?' Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers on playing Champions League football
Morgan Rogers had a successful first Champions League season, scoring four goals and gaining valuable experience despite Aston Villa's Europa League status this season.
fromIndependent
3 days ago'He's the most competitive person I know' - Shane Lowry's S&C coach on hard work, weight change and what makes Offaly man tick
Robbie Cannon was in a fourball with Shane Lowry at The Grove XXIII, a small corner of paradise tucked away on the outskirts of Hobe Sound in Florida.
Chicago Cubs
Toronto Maple Leafs
fromMaple Leafs Hotstove
3 days agoCraig Berube on whether Scott Laughton could return to the Leafs in the summer: "It was a dream for him to go back home and play... I could see him going back there, for sure"
Oliver Ekman-Larsson is probably doubtful for Saturday's game, with decisions pending on other banged-up players.
fromAlternative Medicine Magazine
4 days agoWhat You Do After Training Matters More Than You Think
After a tough workout, your body enters a state of stress: muscle fibers are damaged, energy stores are depleted, and hydration levels drop. This is a critical moment. If your body gets the right nutrients, it starts rebuilding immediately. If not, recovery slows down, and so does progress.
Alternative medicine
Boston Bruins
fromRMNB
4 days agoNicklas Backstrom unsure if he'll continue hockey career after Brynas eliminated from SHL playoffs: 'It's a tough question right now'
Nicklas Backstrom's return to Brynäs IF ended with a playoff elimination, but he expressed gratitude for the opportunity to play hockey again.
fromFast Company
4 days agoWhat to do after a life-defining mistake
The only thing worse than making a mistake is keeping it bottled up inside. Learning from the mistakes of others could help you embark on the healing journey of sharing and working through a mistake of your own, with someone you trust.
Books
fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 days agoI was laid off twice from the same company. The second time was a gut punch but taught me not to take cuts personally.
When the CEO held a virtual town hall in 2020 and said there needed to be layoffs, I knew I would be one of the first to go because I served zero purpose at that point.
Marketing
#retirement-planning
Retirement
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 hours agoControl and consequence: Retirement needs a rebrand that actually works - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Retirement savings should focus on control and flexibility rather than obligation and caution to engage more individuals.
Retirement
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 hours agoControl and consequence: Retirement needs a rebrand that actually works - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Retirement savings should focus on control and flexibility rather than obligation and caution to engage more individuals.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPeople who find retirement genuinely fulfilling didn't just plan their finances - they planned their identity, and here's what that actually means - Silicon Canals
Successful retirement requires planning your identity and purpose beyond financial preparation, not just accumulating money.
fromDefector
6 days agoJaden Ivey Lost His Mind And Then His Job | Defector
Jaden Ivey hunts through a bible for passages to share with his followers. He evidently did not do the prep-work to place sticky tabs or bookmarks in there, so there are awkward moments of silence while Ivey flips back and forth and sniffs and mutters.
Chicago Bulls
#identity
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who feel like they've been living someone else's life aren't confused or ungrateful - they're often the ones who were so good at adapting in childhood that they never stopped adapting long enough to find out who they actually were - Silicon Canals
Adapting to others' needs in childhood can lead to feeling disconnected and lost in adulthood.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoI spent a decade building a career I thought I wanted, a house I thought I needed, and a persona I thought would finally make me real - and one Saturday morning over coffee I sat with the quiet certainty that I had built all of it for someone who no longer lived inside me - Silicon Canals
Building a life based on societal expectations can lead to a personal crisis when the facade becomes unsustainable.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoSome people don't fear failure. They fear succeeding and then being expected to sustain it, because the version of them that achieved it was running on adrenaline and desperation, and the person who shows up on Monday is someone quieter who doesn't know how to replicate what the emergency produced. - Silicon Canals
The fear of success stems from the pressure to replicate high performance, not from a desire to avoid good outcomes.
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days agoPlayer strain, brain health and cyber threats high on FA priorities
The ongoing discussions regarding future structural changes to the game, such as the introduction of new tournaments (eg. Fifa Club World Cup), further intensify this challenge. These changes have the potential to significantly reduce the downtime available to elite players, affecting their recovery and overall well-being.
Soccer (FIFA)
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days agoTransmasc trio places third at Ironman triathlon: "I felt my inner child just explode out of me" - LGBTQ Nation
Transmasculine athletes celebrated their achievements while addressing discrimination against trans individuals in sports after the IOC's ban on transgender women.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPsychology says the most isolating part of retirement isn't being alone - it's realizing that most of your relationships were held together by proximity, routine, and utility, not genuine curiosity about who you are - Silicon Canals
Most relationships are maintained by physical proximity rather than genuine connection, a truth that becomes evident in retirement.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoI recently understood that the tiredness I had been blaming on everything else - the job, the age, the schedule, the season - was not tiredness at all, it was the specific and sustained effort of living a life that wasn't quite mine, and the moment I understood that the exhaustion had a name it became possible, for the first time, to do something about it - Silicon Canals
Exhaustion often stems from emotional labor and the effort to maintain a false persona rather than physical demands of work.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoIt took me until 37 to realize that almost all successful people let go of these 7 habits, but average performers keep clinging to them - Silicon Canals
Successful people abandon habits that keep others stuck, focusing instead on effectiveness and prioritizing their time.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
11 hours agoI was always the reliable one - the one who showed up, remembered, rearranged, and absorbed - and it took me until 58 to wonder whether anyone would have come looking if I'd stopped - Silicon Canals
Being the reliable one can lead to personal neglect and invisibility in relationships.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoPsychology says people who feel successful at 50 aren't the ones who achieved the most - they're the ones who stopped measuring their worth against an imaginary scoreboard they inherited at 23 - Silicon Canals
Measuring worth against inherited societal scorecards leads to disappointment and a distorted sense of success.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoThere's a specific kind of loyalty that keeps people in jobs, cities, and friendships years after the reason they stayed has disappeared. It's not inertia. It's that leaving would require admitting the time already spent wasn't building toward something, and that admission costs more than staying another year. - Silicon Canals
People remain in unfulfilling situations due to the fear of admitting past investments were unproductive, not because of passivity or fear of change.
Careers
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI'm 66 and I spent forty years being extremely good at my job and last spring I realized I had optimized my entire existence for the approval of people I didn't particularly like - Silicon Canals
Professional dedication can sometimes mask a deeper need for approval from others, leading to personal sacrifices and a loss of self-identity.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoI'm 34 and I just realized I've been performing competence at work for seven years because somewhere along the way I confused being impressive with being safe, and the exhaustion I thought was burnout was actually the weight of never once letting anyone see me learn something for the first time. - Silicon Canals
Performing competence can lead to self-erasure and social rewards, masking genuine capability with a polished exterior.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThere's a particular kind of strength that belongs to people who rebuilt their entire personality after 40 - not because something broke them, but because they finally had enough distance from their childhood to see what was never theirs to carry - Silicon Canals
Personality changes after forty often reflect a deeper honesty about one's true self rather than a crisis or breakdown.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks agoAthlete mocked for saying she's traumatized from rooming with someone she later found out was trans - LGBTQ Nation
Former SJSU volleyball player Brooke Slusser faces social media criticism for claiming trauma from discovering a transgender teammate was trans, despite no negative incidents occurring during their friendship and cohabitation.
fromFortune
1 month agoMeet the retired Olympic champions starting second careers at Goldman Sachs with zero financial expertise and no office experience | Fortune
Most Olympians and athletic champions retire from their sport by their mid-30s, searching for passion in a different line of work. Fortunately for elite athletes on the job hunt, the famously selective bank is looking to tap into the same talent that rowing stars, competitive swimmers, and Super Bowl champions bring to the table. And apparently, there's much more in common between athletics and banking than what meets the eye.
Business
#retirement-identity-crisis
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago8 things that happen to your sense of self in the first year of retirement that nobody tells you in advance - Silicon Canals
Retirement triggers an unexpected identity crisis as decades-long professional roles become past tense, leaving retirees disoriented despite financial security and freedom.
Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks ago8 things that happen to your sense of self in the first year of retirement that nobody tells you in advance - Silicon Canals
Retirement triggers an unexpected identity crisis as decades-long professional roles become past tense, leaving retirees disoriented despite financial security and freedom.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month agoCollege Football Coach Says Players Much Be Detached' Fathers if They Want to Succeed: He Ain't Waking Up for Midnight Feedings'
We would have to educate significant others who may have been pregnant during the season, or were gonna have a baby during the season, that you would have to educate them on, you have this baby in the middle of the season, [but] that father has to play good football. It's a day-by-day production business. He has to be ready to perform and go out there and play.
US news
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoI'm About to Be a Professional Athlete-With the Paycheck to Go With It. My Dad Claims I "Owe" Him.
Adult athletes do not owe parents repayment for normal child-rearing; establish firm financial boundaries and legal protections before receiving professional earnings.
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoWhen my college football career ended, I hit rock bottom. Losing over 100 pounds helped me get my life back on track.
When my D1 college football career ended, I didn't just lose the game. I lost my identity. Football had structured my entire life: my schedule, my body, my purpose. When that structure disappeared, I didn't know who I was anymore. I had been living what I now recognize as a lukewarm lifestyle, doing just enough to get by, but not anchored in anything solid. Without football, there was nothing left to lean on.
Mental health
Women
fromBusiness Insider
2 months agoI'm 59 and have no plans to retire. I waited until my 50s to build my dream career, so I'm just getting started.
No plans to retire; career and personal fulfillment began in the 50s, leading to ongoing ambitious work and a public platform focused on women over 50.
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