An easy read, although meanders a little. And when it gets to the point is a little warm and fluffy. Perhaps I read it too late, and had covered all the post-career advice at an earlier age? ( )

A practical and realistic approach to retirement and leisure. The main message is to invest your time and mental energy in cultivating different interests, and to take these up seriously when you get to retirement, or during enforced leisure between jobs. ( )

I read this book about five years ago and revisited it just recently. I love this book. It is so fun, full of humor, stories, brainstorming the ideas of why we feel guilty when we don't work and how to enjoy and be productive with your life besides working 9-5. I especially loved the letters from readers and their life situations and how they changed their work-life to live a life of less work and more fun.

This is not a scientific book, but I liked it that way. If it was full of stats, it would be 'work.'

What I liked about the book:
*People's stories
*Humor and light-hearted points.
*Options, possibilities, and perspectives of life that is more than your work.

What I didn't like about the book:
Too many quotes, and the layout is very dated.

Total 3.7/5
Readability - 4.5
Scope - 3
Depth - 3.5
Format - 3.5
Clarity -4

Read this book if:
*You are contemplating your work/life situation.
*You want to read inspiring stories of others who made a switch from 9-5 to a life of less work and more freedom.
*You don't want to read a serious book. ( )

I got about half way through this book before realizing it hadn't actually given me any concrete suggestions about what to do with my time. A lot of it was "you TOO can live a great retired life!" but never got around to telling me how to do it. Just how great it would be when I did! Maybe the book gets better at the end, but I realized I didn't trust the author enough to get anything of value out of it. ( )

You know, despite the overwhelming feeling that this book is really written for people in careers making well over 50,000 dollars a year and NOT for the working poor (which is essentially what we are), I enjoyed this book and it echoed a LOT of what I’ve been feeling and trying to express over the least two or three years. I got it from the library, it was not actually the book I was looking for, and it was not really what I was expecting, but I enjoyed it non-the-less and think I would like to own my own copy of it! I’m glad I took the time to read it instead of just shooting it back off to the library. ( )