Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even if We Can by Michelle Pannor Silver
English | October 17th, 2018 | ISBN: 0231188560 | 296 Pages | EPUB | 1.13 MB
In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved rest—idle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just puttering around the house. But as the nature of work has changed, becoming not just a means of income but a major source of personal identity, many accomplished professionals struggle with discontentment in their retirement. What are we to do—individually and as a culture—when work and life experience make conventional retirement a burden rather than a reprieve?