My Next Chapter: A Retirement Journey

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One woman’s experience entering a new stage of life after decades of full-time work. What’s it like leaving a professional identity (partly) behind? A blog about retiring, vibrant aging, and fighting ageism. | Thanks for stopping by! I’m Sharon Machlis, and I started this blog shortly before my planned retirement to document my journey from decades of full-time work to my next chapter. Come along for the journey! I hope to share lots of discoveries in this new phase of life. I’m also likely to talk about issues of ageism in our (American) society. In my previous “work life” chapter, I began my career as a daily newspaper reporter but soon transitioned to focus on business journalism. I spent most of my reporting career covering technology. The last few years I moved into a data analysis/data science role as Director of Editorial Data & Analytics for Foundry (formerly IDG Communications, publisher

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