Don Akchin has had a long, somewhat circuitous career as a writer. Since leaving the working world, he stays busy publishing a weekly newsletter, The EndGame, on the broad topic of positive aging. His newest book, The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement, is a positive guide for older adults looking for paths forward in their post-career years.

Today we discuss:

• How his “AfterWork” is far more rewarding than the Work was
• “The Piña Colada Fever Dream”
• Moving to “AfterWork” can be a hard transition to accept
• Boomers have always been “making it up as we went along”
• The importance of resilience
• Internalized ageism

We end with me asking a rather impertinent “personal question” but it leads to a good chat.

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Don Akchin has had a long, somewhat circuitous career as a writer. He began as a newspaper reporter, then moved into magazine writing and editing. He also served as a marketing executive for a college and a university, a communications consultant for a foundation, and for many years had his own business serving the communications needs of nonprofit organizations.

Since leaving the working world, he stays busy publishing a weekly newsletter, The EndGame,  on the broad topic of positive aging. His newest book, The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement, is a positive guide for older adults looking for paths forward in their post-career years.