When is the right time?

Retiring after a long career is rarely just a career move; it is a major life transition.

Indeed Australia workplace psychologist Amanda Gordon told The Senior while people often feel initial excitement when contemplating retirement, a period of grieving can follow.

“It’s interesting that it might be later that there is a certain grieving,” Gordon said.

“When you’re retiring, you have to think about: what am I giving up?

Read on to learn more about what Amanda has to say on the matter in an article on Alan Kohler’s retirement from his high profile job at the ABC.

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Veteran ABC finance journalist Alan Kohler, known for his “And that’s finance” sign-off on the 7pm news, has announced his retirement at 74. The article then looks at retirement as a major life change and Amanda weighs in its possible rammifications.

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