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You're Retired, Now What?

by Louis Cohn | Nov 01, 2014

How, after retirement, I found a way to feel useful, alive, be happier and do good all at the same time!

RETIREMENT. That magical word that conjures up visions of sleeping in, perpetual holidays and - if we are very lucky - being able to travel to new and exciting places. However, what happens when you realize that after retirement there is something still missing in your life? Writing from my own experience, I believe I have the answer! 

A few years after I retired, I was often asked by my friends who were still working,