What can we do when someone is lost in retirement…

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One of the questions that comes up fairly often from commenters is, what do you do when it looks like someone in your life is sort of lost in retirement? You can tell they're just, it's just not taken. They're kind of lethargic, they're sort of losing interest, and they don't seem to be enjoying their retirement at all, and you feel like they're just sort of drifting. I've been thinking about this question for weeks, and I don't really have a good answer. I'm actually asking for ideas. The one thing that I think I would suggest, and this doesn't directly answer the question, but I think I would do some probing to determine whether or not they're experiencing depression first, because the signs of depression can be somewhat consistent. And, you know, if you determine that they're experiencing depression, that's a whole different approach. I think it's a pretty good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. I think it's a good way to start. For me, when I retired, I wasn't experiencing depression, but I was struggling. And the way I handled it was like pretty much everybody in my demographic would handle it. I won't stop and ask for directions. I won't ask for help. I'll just keep bulldogging through until I figure it out. And I think there's going to be a lot of people who retire, who have to do it that way. They have to kind of bulldog through. They won't stop and ask for directions. They won't ask for help. They just want to figure it out on their own. I think that's a perfectly valid approach. The only caveat being, if someone is clinically depressed, they need help. And that would need to be determined before we just sort of took a hands-off approach and said, let's let them figure it out on their own. But I'm still working through this, still trying to think. I'm still trying to think of good answers to this question. And I would love any feedback you may have.