Don't Retire, Rewire!

November 15, 2007
With the oldest boomers now beginning to move out of the workplace, the onslaught of what to do next, with good advice, stories, and revised editions, is upon us. Recruits and counselors Sedlar and Miners reprise their tips, hints, quizzes, and lists of a few years ago, with the emphasis on rewirement. The angle? That its just as important to plan personal as financial futures, to understand motivations and desires, to ensure that our postwork lives are well positioned. As in many of these guides, the authors fill their pages with a variety of self-administered tests and inspirations. Unclear about pleasure-giving activities? Exercises help uncover what makes you tickand beam. What about examining the best of careers and businesslikes, dislikes, and what they call drivers? More than 80 descriptors are compiled as guides. Best yet, from the numerous quotes and short personal anecdotes, its clear that many today will not embrace the traditional retirement of tomorrowopting instead for a new way to dial into a new life.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)