By Walter A.H.L. Fields Jr.
When I turned 50, I began to contemplate if “retirement” was a possibility for me. Not from a financial perspective. I was fortunate enough to have had a healthy professional career and pension and retirement funds waiting. For me, the most important consideration was what would I do once I retire? While the idea of vacations with the family and leisure time was appealing, it also seemed a bit underwhelming. From youth, my life has been dedicated to social justice and the uplift of my community, and a retirement that minimized or sidelined that work held no interest for me.
Now that I have reached retirement age, and many of my peers are leaving the workforce, my decision has been to continue working. I have chosen “returnment” over retirement. At this stage of my life my accumulated experience and knowledge have…
