Retirement is coming — or maybe it's already here. And nobody warned you that the hardest part isn't stopping. It's figuring out what to start.

What's Next? Retirement! is the book that meets you before the farewell party and stays with you long after. Part personal essay, part research, part honest conversation — this is not your grandmother's retirement guide. No golf tips. No early bird dinners. Just the truth about what makes a Next worth living.

Karen Grosz has spent over two decades helping leaders, executives, and founders navigate the transitions that don't come with a roadmap. In this book, she brings that same straight-talking, story-driven approach to the one transition most of us are completely unprepared for. Twenty-three chapters of real questions, real science, real stories — and the kind of clarity that only comes from someone who is living this alongside you.

Because here's what the research actually shows: people who enter retirement with even a loose sense of forward direction report significantly higher life satisfaction than those who treat it as simply an ending. The brain doesn't love a vacuum. It thrives on possibility.

You didn't work this hard to fade out.

Forward is momentum enough. And it starts right here.

Narrated by the author.