Anxiety After Retirement — How Running Became My Anchor
Anxiety after retirement. This is how I survived the collapse that came after 20 years of corporate life—by running. I. When familiar faces disappear In a marathon club, there are faces you see every week. And then one day, they simply stop showing up for a while. With younger runners, you assume it’s just life—work, family, schedules. But when men in their 40s and 50s disappear, it often means they’re going through a major shift—financially, emotionally, or both. I was one of them. My mind didn’t hold up as easily as I expected. There were moments when my mental strength quietly collapsed. But during that time, running held me together. II. Youth had its own kind of romance In my late 20s, there were days I’d listen to “Around Thirty” and sink into emotions. Finding a job was still the biggest concern, but back then, we had a strange kind of space in our hearts— room t...