The Unretirement Playbook - After the Job Title: A 90-Day Guide for People Who Were Good at What They Did

THE UNRETIREMENT PLAYBOOK

After the Job Title: A 90-Day Guide for People Who Were Good at What They Did

You were told you’d love this.
The time. The freedom. The lack of meetings.

And at first, you did.

Then the days went soft around the edges. You stayed busy, but nothing quite counted. You started saying things like “keeping busy” and wondering why that sounded so empty.

This playbook is for people who didn’t just have a job — they were someone at work. And who now need more than hobbies, holidays, or staying vaguely occupied.

What this is

The Unretirement Playbook is a calm, practical 90-day framework for rebuilding identity, structure, and purpose after work stops providing the scaffolding.

It helps you move from drift to direction — without turning retirement into another job.

What you’ll do inside

Part I: Identity Reset (Days 1–7)
You strip away the job title and rebuild a clear sense of who you are now — your roles, values, talents, and the parts of work you actually want to keep using (and the parts you’re glad to leave behind).

Part II: The Unbusy Weekly Blueprint (Weeks 2–4)
You design a gentle weekly rhythm built around five pillars — health, people, contribution, play, and maintenance — so your weeks have shape without suffocation.

Part III: One 90-Day Legacy Project (Weeks 5–13)
You choose one meaningful, realistic project and actually finish it. Not to prove anything to anyone else — but to remind yourself that you still matter.

This is for you if…

• You’re retired (or about to be) and feel oddly untethered
• Your days are full, but not fulfilling
• You were good at what you did and miss feeling useful
• You don’t want to spend the next decade “keeping busy”
• Golf, cruises, or “just relax” never felt like the answer

This is not

Not hustle culture.
Not productivity cosplay.
Not “find your passion” fluff.

It’s a clear, humane reset for people who think deeply and want their time to mean something.

Format

A clean, printable digital playbook designed to be used slowly with a notebook. No pressure. No rushing. You can reuse the framework again and again.

A quiet promise

By the end of 90 days, you won’t just be filling time.

You’ll know who you are in this stage of life.
Your weeks will have shape and breath.
And you’ll have proof — to yourself — that this chapter can grow, not shrink.