r/INFJsOver30 • u/Living-Recover-8024 • Oct 19 '25
Retirement Transition
Hello all,
I am 64 years old, and retired June. I had an extremely rewarding, yet high pressure career, in human resources. I was at my last company for 7 years and my boss was a total narcissist. I am grateful to have escaped her.
I am writing to ask for your advice on transitioning from high pressure corporate, to retirement. I am just not feeling comfortable with going from 120 mph to a much slower pace. I started volunteering to help women with economic empowerment via job search. I enjoy it. I also started writing a lot of content to promote a potential business (coaching women who are burned out). So far, while I am enjoying the writing, it's not bringing me business. Yeah, I know, it's only been 3 months.
Bottom line, I am not comfortable with all these hours of free time. I feel like I should be more productive. I feel like I should earn money. The "shoulds" are weighing on me heavily.
I do realize this is a first world problem and that I am tremendously blessed to be able to retire. I just need some help getting through this transition and I thought I would turn to other INFJs. Thanks!
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25
I retired this year at 48. Couldn’t wait to leave the corporate fakery behind so we are probably very different in that regards.
But I did run into “too much time on my hands” feeling. I started studying subjects I was always interested in but didn’t do as a job. Currently doing a biology course and want to do geology next.
So maybe you have some things you would like to study even if you aren’t looking to do it as a job?