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The Post Game

The career's over.
The game isn't.

A newsletter on identity, purpose, and life after a long career.

I spent 40 years in television production. Then the industry shifted, and I found myself on the other side of a career that had shaped my life. I started writing because this chapter was asking more of me than I expected, and after starting a men’s group, I realized other men were facing their own version of the same question.

This site is not about retiring quietly. It is about learning how to live deliberately after the role ends.

Notes from the messy middle of life after the role, the schedule, and the identity start to shift.

The Post Game is about life after a long career—not to be confused with the sports term “post-game” for what happens after a match.

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Most men don't retire from work.
They retire from who they were.”

The challenge is not only money. It is meaning, structure, identity, health, relationships, and what we do with the years we worked so hard to earn.

The Post Game is a space for men approaching retirement, newly retired, or already well into life after work. It is a place to recognize what is changing, feel less alone in it, and think more deliberately about how we want to live the years ahead.

You can begin quietly. Read, explore what feels familiar, and consider what may be ahead. You do not need to subscribe or join the conversation. Return whenever you choose. If something resonates and you would like to reach out, you can contact me here.

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Practical stories about retirement, career change, and what comes next

Earlier chapters came with something like a playbook. This chapter feels more like learning a new game, with fewer rules and higher stakes.”

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These days, I show up, pay attention, and try to play the Post Game as well as I can. Jim

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as we figure out what comes next.

Every two weeks, I write about identity, health, money, purpose, friendship, and the strange freedom that arrives after the career ends.

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