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The moment that a career is is gone, many people don’t know what to say about themselves anymore.

This Week's Feature

Avoiding the Retirement Identity Trap

📊 Part 2 of the 2025 Year-End RTA Report series

You may feel like a leader. You may think like an executive.

But once you retire… nobody’s calling you that anymore. And for a lot of people, that reality hits hard.

In the 2025 Retirement Time Analysis results, we found something that should concern every high-achiever out there:

👉 Even in their 60s, most respondents couldn’t clearly describe who they are without their job title.

👉 They had no real post-career identity plan.

👉 No structure. No clarity. No purpose beyond their paycheck.

That’s not retirement. That’s a slow identity crisis.

Start building a future based on purpose, not just a business card.

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This Week’s Action Step (2 minutes)

Write down the first three words you use to describe yourself without referencing your job, title, or past career.

Now ask yourself one follow-up question:
​“If someone asked me what I do all day once I’m no longer working, would I remember these words?”

If the answer is unclear, that’s not a problem—it’s an early signal. Identity gaps don’t show up on a balance sheet, but they quietly shape how fulfilling (or frustrating) retirement becomes.

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Time Insight of the Week

Retirement doesn’t erase your identity—it exposes whether you’ve built one beyond your career.

When work disappears, time doesn’t automatically become meaningful. It becomes revealing. The more tightly identity is tied to a job, the harder it is to know how to use the hours that replace it. Purpose isn’t something you “find” after retirement; it’s something you begin practicing before the last workday arrives.

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