Ten chapters on building a purposeful, active life in the decades after sixty-five, and a companion workbook that turns each one into something you actually do.
Society hands you a script at sixty-five: sit down, slow down, and fade quietly into leisure. Sandy Goldman rebuilt his identity and his daily routine from scratch in his sixties, without a roadmap. He had spent more than three decades in marketing and brand-building, so he turned that expertise inward. What came out of it was 65Nation, read by more than 100,000 people every day, and then this book, his first.
Sixty-five isn't the finish line. It's a rewiring point.
A chance to redefine what success means to you, rediscover your purpose, and build something richer than the version of retirement you were handed.
Across ten chapters, Sandy takes on the questions most retirement books avoid.
These questions are not rhetorical. The companion workbook gives you a place to answer each one, chapter by chapter, in your own words.
Sandy is the first to say he's no doctor and no financial advisor. What he offers is more useful: he has lived every chapter here, and he wrote down what worked.
Choose your formatI thought retirement was supposed to feel like freedom. Instead, I found myself wondering what I was supposed to do with all that time. This book helped me see this stage of life differently, and more importantly, gave me some ideas for what to do next.
I've read plenty of books about retirement, but most focus on money. The New 65 made me think about everything else. Purpose, relationships, work, play, and who I want to be now that my career isn't defining me.
This felt less like a retirement book and more like a reset. It made me stop and ask myself a question I hadn't really considered: what if my best years aren't behind me?
The book gives you the ideas. The workbook is where you decide what they mean for your own life. Ten sections, one for every chapter, with room to write your answers in.
Type your answers straight into it, or print it and write by hand.
Choose your formatIf any of those sound like you, this book was written with you in mind.
Two ways to start. Pick the one that fits how you like to work.
Ten chapters on building a purposeful, active, and financially sound life after sixty-five. The complete book, yours to keep, on any device you already own.
Buy the bookRead a chapter, then work through it while it's still fresh. This is how the book was meant to be used, and it's the only way to get both for less.
Buy the bundle“You don't get these years back. Don't wait for the right time, choose it, and write the part that's finally yours.”
— SANDY GOLDMAN
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I already bought the book somewhere else. Can I get just the workbook?
Yes, and that's exactly what the workbook on its own is for. You get the questions and assignments without paying for the book twice.
Do I need the workbook, or is the book enough on its own?
The book stands on its own, and plenty of readers will only ever want that. The workbook is for people who'd rather not just read. It's where the ideas turn into decisions about your own life, one chapter at a time.
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