RETIREMENT REINVENTION

From starting a dream business to shifting to the non-profit sector, charity or volunteering, career expert Robin Ryan helps you plan and pivot towards a future that is as vital as it is truly rewarding. Retirement has changed and this is a Penguin guide through your own retirement re-invention, however long since you made that decision. Her book gives readers instructions for leaving their old career behind, pinpointing interests and skills, exploring different places and countries to live, defining new and satisfying opportunities, finding meaningful ways to give back to your community and striking the right balance between work and leisure. Without being hung up on the financial aspects, the book is very easy to read and packed with super suggestions of what real people are doing with their time and there is an exercise designed to help you rank your values. Chapters covering social connections, living your hobby, travel, education and new skills sometimes cheap or for free, starting a business rather than being terrified, to learn that adaptability is key. Most of the examples are American, but the advice is universal from America's top career counsellor. Penguin paperback, 284pp. Remainder mark.