The Self-Employed Retirement Lie We Don’t Talk About

27 Jul 2025 · 10 min
9:59

Rob James spent nearly 30 years self-employed and retired, then discovered the hardest part wasn't money or logistics. It was losing the identity that work gave him. He talks through the psychological hit of stepping away and why a gradual transition works better than a clean break.

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