This past month has been unlike any other in my career. I’ve had more clients announce their retirement than ever before — some proudly, some nervously, and some with the look of someone who was “voluntold” by their employer that it was time. Regardless of how people got here, the first question they ask is almost always the same:

“Am I going to be okay financially?”

The good news is that for every client I met this month, the answer was yes. They’ve saved, planned, and built solid financial foundations.

But there’s another question — arguably the question — that very few people think to ask:

“Will I be okay emotionally?”

And that’s where things get interesting.

The hidden challenge of retirement

Most people spend decades thinking about retirement as the grand prize at the end of a

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