How to Find Your Purpose in Retirement

How to Find Your Purpose in Retirement

From Your Time, Your Way by Carl Pullein

April 12, 2026 · 14 min · Episode 415

About this episode

In this episode, Carl Pullein discusses how to find purpose in retirement, addressing common fears associated with losing one's sense of direction.

Podcast 412 Continuing my series on designing the “perfect” retirement, this week, I share some insights on one of the most common fears of retirement, that of losing your purpose. Links: Email Me | Twitter | Facebook | Website | Linkedin Get the Designing The Perfect Retirement Programme Get Your Copy Of Your Time, Your Way: Time Well Managed, Life Well Lived The Working With… Weekly Newsletter Carl Pullein Learning Centre Carl’s YouTube Channel Carl Pullein Coaching Programmes Subscribe to my Substack The Working With… Podcast Previous episodes page Script | 411 Hello, and welcome to episode 412 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show. Throughout our lives, there is usually some goal or purpose we are attempting to achieve. When at school, it’s to pass our exams so we can go on to university or to get a job in a specific field. When we begin our careers, we are often driven to work hard to get promoted. Or at least that’s how the theory goes. The trouble is, if you step back from these “goals”, they seem to be…

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Host: Carl Pullein

Topics covered

  • retirement
  • purpose
  • self-development
  • goal planning
  • productivity

Keywords

  • retirement
  • purpose
  • self-development
  • goal planning
  • productivity

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