To really know what we want to do, we have to know ourselves, what we really value and what makes us truly happy and fulfilled. It’s not a surprise that when we define ourselves solely by our work and that work is taken away, we can find ourselves feeling lost and adrift, as happens to so many retirees. But if we realize that we’re more than our résumés, it will make for a much easier transition to a time when we stop adding new line items to those résumés.
