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Getting Out of the Retirement Rut
By Kelly Greene,
The Wall Street Journal
What can you do if you're failing retirement?
That idea, of not making the grade in later life, isn't one that's normally found in discussions about aging. Retirement today is supposed to be rewarding, filled with opportunities and certainly less stressful than work. But it isn't always so.
For any number of reasons -- lack of planning, financial duress, caregiving responsibilities, the loss of a spouse -- retirees can easily find themselves carving out a dent in the couch or wandering down dead-end paths. As with some jobs, people start asking: "Is this all there is?"