The Silence After Usefulness
There is a particular kind of later-life discomfort that does not fit neatly into the standard retirement conversation. It is not simply boredom. It is not only money. It is not the absence of a job title. It is the…
Category Later Life
Essays on ageing, retirement, identity, usefulness, and the strange freedoms and frictions of later life.
Grey Divorce and the Retirement Plan That Was Only Ever Pencilled In
There is a quiet sort of social change that does not announce itself with placards or headlines. It turns up at a retirement lunch with one chair missing. I have noticed it more and more lately. People arriving alone who…