Jeff Purvin writes: “My wife, Francesca, and I sold our New York City apartment in 2021. We now live full-time in Palm Springs, California. We love its culture, its architecture, and its nine months of perfect weather. I’m officially retired as CEO at several public and private consumer and medical product companies. However, I still spend much of my time running the business end of the University of Fashion, an online fashion educational service founded in 2008 by my very talented fashion-designer wife. Both my wife and I have taken up golf. It’s a damnable game. Yet, somehow, hitting one good shot out of ten is positively reinforcing. Not to brag, but President Eisenhower got his only hole-in-one on the 13th hole just outside our living room. Retirement has finally given me the time to read the whole newspaper every day. I can now play computer games as much as I want, mostly strategy games (e.g., Civilization VI) or simulations (e.g., Cities: Skylines). In addition, I serve on my community’s finance committee and, before that, its security committee. My wife and I live in a gated community. This has instantly introduced us to scores of new friends and social activities. Gone is my 40-year-old self’s fear that retirement would mean a screeching halt, from 100 mph to zero mph, to everything I (then) held dear.”
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