Stay flexible, dream big, plan ahead: How to retire right

“My real retirement didn’t happen until I was 90 years old. I was an editor at The New York Times for 30 years until my retirement in 1996, but I kept working as a freelance writer and editor until 2020. That was when, pushed by relatives, I began writing my memoir. 

I had thought that when I finally retired I would sit in my rocking chair and spend hours reading over all the articles I’d written and the files I’d kept on my career. In researching the memoir, I discovered all sorts of things about myself. I discovered how much fun it was to go back through your life, with all the ups and downs of it.