Notes from Retirement

To pickleball or not to pickleball? In this episode, I talk with two friends who have embraced pickleball in retirement. We laugh about how it started, but also explore something deeper — how having somewhere to go, people to see, and a routine can shape this next chapter of life.

In this episode, I reflect on why I decided to retire after 35 years in education. This wasn’t a sudden decision, but something I had been thinking about for years. As I approach retirement, I share what this work has meant to me, along with what I’m noticing — from research and from others — about what makes this transition meaningful and what it might mean to build a life in this next chapter.

In this episode, I sit down with my daughter, a teacher at the beginning of her career, while I retire after 35 years in education. We talk about what teaching looks like from two different stages of life, what this work has meant to us, and what we are both learning about work, identity and life across generations.

In this first episode, recorded three months before retirement, I talk about what it feels like to be at the end of a long career and at the beginning of a new chapter. This podcast will follow the transition into retirement, the last day of work, and the first year of building a new life after a long career.

After 35 years in education, I’m preparing to retire. Notes from Retirement is a podcast about the transition into retirement — the last months of work, the final day, and the first year of building a new life and a new rhythm after a long career.