The Retirement Kit
Work gave your days their shape for decades. Let's design what gives them shape now.
Retiring — designing the life after the work.
Structure and organization only — not medical, mental-health, legal, financial or tax advice. In an emergency, contact your local emergency services. Read the full disclaimer.
Opening the kit…
This organises the transition and drafts the messages. It isn't financial, tax, or healthcare advice — it turns those into steps and deadlines and points you to your advisor or benefits office.
A few things that help
The next long chapter
For time that's suddenly yours to design.
Ours · $15–$20 · Operating System / North Star
A Life Is an Operation — The Well Designed Life Co.
The category's founding argument — a life is an operation, and running one is a discipline you can learn.
Book · $16–$27 · North Star
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People — Stephen Covey
The classic on principles-first living — begin with the end in mind.
Buy on Bookshop →Affiliate linkObject · $15–$25 · Take Stock
A5 dot-grid notebook
For the brain-dump and the take-stock — undated, forgiving, yours.
Buy on Amazon →Affiliate linkBook · $18–$28 · Find Your Clarity
Four Thousand Weeks — Oliver Burkeman
The best book on why time management fails and what to do instead.
Buy on Bookshop →Affiliate link
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