-Chip Conley, Founder of Modern Elder Academy and New York Times Bestselling Author

Older adults today face a very different world than previous generations when their careers conclude. Don Akchin illuminates the attractive choices awaiting those with the imagination and the flexibility to make their post-career years their best years.

-Jeanette Leardi, social gerontologist, community educator, public speaker, and author of Aging Sideways: Changing Our Perspectives on Getting Older

If you’re thinking about retiring from your job or longtime career but find the prospect daunting, how can you decide what to do and how to do it? Don Akchin offers some very practical –– and optimistic –– answers in The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement. This book is a valuable manual that can help you evaluate your past experiences and current challenges in order to create a productive and satisfying next chapter that redefines what your “retirement” can be.

Constructing the foundation of a newer post-work life involves fitting together the vital building blocks of making choices, adapting to change, and maintaining your relationships. In The AfterWork, you’ll find many practical ideas that will bond these blocks together to form a stronger future you can enter with confidence and joy.

-Jennifer Rovet – Retirement Lifestyle Coach, Owner of Retire Ready Canada

Don Akchin’s new book, The AfterWork: Finding Fulfilling Alternatives to Retirement, is a powerful wake-up call as to why the myth of traditional retirement has fast become a relic of the past. In the "The AfterWork," Akchin helps you navigate through uncharted territories to discover for yourself a fulfilling and exciting next life stage, be it a new hobby, business, or just enjoying life. Insights for a smooth transition into the “AfterWork” are drawn from Akchin’s own personal story and those of dozens of others with whom he interviewed.

-Janine Vanderburg, CEO, Encore Roadmap

Whether you're approaching your second act, third stage, or fourth quarter, The AfterWork is the essential travel guide for what's next. In this compact yet powerful read, Don Akchin blends research, real-life stories, and practical, actionable advice to help readers navigate the many possible paths from traditional work to a fulfilling post-career life. What sets this book apart is its honest exploration of the relationship shifts that often come with this transition—especially when partners have different visions of life after work. This is the book I’ll be sharing with friends and colleagues who are asking, “Is this all there is?”—and who are ready to discover that the best may still be ahead.