Sunday, August 10, 2025

Happiness and peace of mind

“If you got by without a work identity for the first eighteen or twenty years of your life, you can certainly get by without one for another twenty years - or for however long you live after you retire. Thinking that you need  a career identity to be a whole person is to deny yourself happiness and peace of mind.”-Ernie J. Zelinski, How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free.

(Although I wouldn’t mind occasionally being “identified” as an excellent pickleball player in my retirement years, I know it’s unlikely to happen, especially since I keep incurring musculoskeletal injuries whenever I go at it too hard on the court, and it’s just not necessary for me to be happy and have peace of mind! 😂)
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