Rethink Retirement: It's Not the End-It's the Beginning of What's Next

Rethink Retirement challenges the long-held myths about what life after work should look like and invites readers into a fresh, liberating vision of their next chapter. Rather than seeing retirement as an ending, the book presents it as a purposeful new beginning shaped by meaning, identity, connection, and choice. Drawing on Dr. Andi Simon’s expertise as a corporate anthropologist, along with dozens of personal stories, research insights, and her own experience with her husband’s post-exit journey, this book reveals how people reinvent themselves once work-centered routines fade. With practical frameworks, reflective questions, and inspiring narratives, Rethink Retirement helps readers design a life rich in significance, belonging, structure, and joy. It is the essential guide for anyone approaching retirement, newly retired, or ready to reimagine what comes next. Read more