Carl Jensen’s first year brought better fitness without an instant emotional transformation. The next update put a less glamorous job at the center: lunches, homework and the daily demands of raising children while his wife worked. The freedom was valuable precisely because it could be spent on ordinary responsibilities.
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Marty left federal law-library work in 2014 and settled in Florida with his wife. Part-time library work restored a useful role; blogging brought an unexpected community of fellow retirees and writers alongside time for long books.