How to Not Work

A Practical Guide to Retirement When Money and Health Are Not the Problem

You planned for retirement.
You took care of the money and your health.
You did what you were supposed to do.

And then something unexpected happened.

Without work, time feels different. Entertainment shifts. Being needed fades or quietly turns into obligation again. Anxiety shows up in places it never used to, especially at night.

How to Not Work is written for people who did everything right and were still surprised by what came next. It is not about staying busy, finding purpose, or optimizing your life. It is about learning how to live comfortably without the structure your body and mind were trained inside for decades.

This short book explores three things that must be balanced once full-time work is gone: how to entertain yourself, how to still be needed without becoming trapped, and how to recognize when both have quietly turned back into responsibility again.

Honest, practical, and quietly funny, this book is for readers whose problem is not money or health, but how to let time pass without it turning against them.