Jeanne Thompson told Newsweek: 'I felt guilty because I was lucky enough to retire but I couldn't figure it out.'
After decades of working, many people yearn for retirement. But when the day finally comes, it can be hard to adjust to life without a 9 to 5.
A typical day for Thompson meant waking up at 4:30 a.m. and driving for 90 minutes to start work at 7 a.m. in the office. She would usually walk back through her home door in Boston at 7 p.m. The 55-hour weeks began to take their toll and Thompson admits she was"burnt out".:"Looking back, I was a workaholic, but I loved my job and the company, it was phenomenal.
"I was very lost as my parents sadly passed away, the kids are grown and at college, and I had nothing to do. "It was very hard as I didn't anticipate the transition. When I was working, I had done studies on the emotional aspects of retirement with the Stanford Center on Longevity so I thought I would be fine.
"Everyone assumes retirement is awesome, and they don't want to hear that it's not; they want you to tell them how fabulous it is, but it wasn't for me," she added.spoke to Doug Dahmer, the CEO and founder of Retirement Navigator, a financial service that provides individuals withHe said:"The retirement risk years tend to start around age 55 and end about age 75.
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