{"id":3548,"date":"2024-04-15T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:08:41","slug":"type-a-retirement-the-frightening-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/04\/15\/type-a-retirement-the-frightening-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Type A Retirement &#8211; the frightening truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Type A Personalities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase type a refers to a pattern of behavior and personality associated with high achievement, competitiveness, and impatience. Does this sound like you? Does this sound like most C-level employees? Does this sound like most entrepreneurs and creatives?  If you&#8217;re listening to this podcast you most likely are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Productivity and meaning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You probably derive a lot of meaning from your productivity.  You push harder and harder.  Many people immerse themselves in their career and blink and then suddenly it&#8217;s 20+ years later.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they have to retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that word is terrifying.  Why?  <strong>Because you found meaning in what you&#8217;ve done and now you&#8217;re not allowed to do it anymore.  And it has become your identity.  It&#8217;s who you are.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is hope and direction.  You can still feel the meaning.  You may actually find <em>more<\/em> meaning in this new direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/19\/job-career-calling-afl-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Job, Career or Calling? AFL Podcast\"> Job, Career or Calling<\/a> for more insights into how this all works.   And let&#8217;s chat for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Productivity and obligations are just that &#8211; obligations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If what you do for a living (productivity) also fits in one or more columns (learning, fun, health, etc) then it becomes more meaningful.  It&#8217;s no longer a job or even career.  It&#8217;s much more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your career can become your identity, and when you lose the ability to perform that job (retirement) it can feel like you are losing your identity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ll find that the most meaningful things in your life fit in more than one column of the balance sheet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can not only take a turn, but bloom into a bigger flower for the thing that brings you not only meaning, but joy (and get paid for it). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Type A Retirement &amp;#8211; the frightening truth\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-04-15T13:08:40+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT11M08S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\nType A Personalities\n\n\n\nThe phrase type a refers to a pattern of behavior and personality associated with high achievement, competitiveness, and impatience. 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