What if you don’t need a plan?

Last week’s blog about redefining retirement hit a nerve just like it did in 2023 when I first published it. Some readers wrote to say that they’d recently retired and were anxious to figure out what to do next. Others admitted to still working because they worried about how they’d fill their time if they stopped. And a handful of readers breathed a sigh of relief, feeling reassured that self-care and rest were valid new priorities.

When I decided to cut back on work more than five years ago, I ...