title: A retirement and a reservation: a retrospective autobiography.
abstract: A retirement is a rite of passage that requires careful planning, because it forces a retiree to make a shift in the paradigm in life. For 37 years, I was a healing professional, a breadwinner, and a working spouse. I am now a jobless loner, an inactive pensioner, and a homebound spouse. In this retrospective autobiography, I suggest a few points to help my younger colleagues to better their upcoming retirement: professional, financial, social, and familial. To overcome Erikson's identity crisis, I volunteered to be a wounded healer at Warm Springs Indian Reservation. My volunteer medical service at Warm Springs Indian Reservation was a good antidote to creatively overcome my postretirement blues.
authors: Southern California Permanente Medical Group, USA. sokkyulee@gmail.com
authors: Sok K
authors: SK
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D012179:Retirement / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept