First thanks for the add.
Retiring for me was difficult, I gotta admit.
I retited eight yeas ago, and went to work the next day as a College Instructor close to where I live.
My plans are to work another 18 months and then go to work at a Nursing Home as a Courtsey Officer. However, surely after a couple of years of that, I want to do some travelling..lol...
I could only imagine how loosing a job before retirement as you wrote, "is like experiencing a death." I am so sorry to hear that.
Working at a golf course would be a dream job for me. I am learning how to play golf myself.. It is very addicting,
Great article,
AL.