Honest conversations about the psychology of modern work culture
In 17 days, I’ll turn in my badge, log out of the company network, and walk away from a long career with unfinished spreadsheets and an unfinished mortgage. People keep asking if I’ve lost my mind. I smile. They mean well. The numbers don’t impress the financial professionals. I haven’t hit their magical thresholds. I …
What I saw as financial security, my children view as outdated thinking. “Traditional retirement planning is dead,” Brandon says, shutting his laptop after scrolling through another article about digital nomads. Across the table, Allie sips her coffee. “The idea of working at one company for decades just to retire with a pension? That world doesn’t …
Two months. That’s all I have left before retirement. My office walls are slowly emptying. Awards. Project photographs. Memories stripped away, box by box. Each item feels like a piece of my identity being carefully dismantled. I’ve spent a lifetime building this version of myself. The successful professional. The reliable colleague. The one who could …