Domain 2 of 9
work.
Winding down, leaning in, or pivoting entirely.
Work is the domain people underestimate most. For decades, a job has answered questions you didn't know it was answering — what to do with the day, who to see, what to call yourself when someone asks. Leaving it removes the scaffolding all at once.
The decision is rarely as binary as it looks. Some people stop fully. Some wind down. Some pivot into the thing they always meant to do. Some discover, six months in, that they miss it more than they expected, and go back in a smaller way. None of these is wrong — but drifting into one without choosing it usually is.
Bearings asks whether you've actually decided what work will mean after the main job ends, and whether you've said it out loud to the people it affects. The hardest part isn't the leaving. It's knowing what you're leaving toward.
The hardest part isn't the leaving. It's knowing what you're leaving toward.
What the assessment asks.
A few of the 4 questions that surface this domain — less about whether you've done a task, more about whether you've reached some footing.
- —I have a clear sense of what I'll do with my time when I leave work.
- —Do you have a plan for what role work — paid or volunteer — will play in your retirement?
- —I've started exploring activities I might do after leaving full-time work.
- —I've considered whether I want to fully retire, semi-retire, or work part-time.
Reading in work.
See where you stand in work.
The assessment takes about fifteen minutes and covers all nine domains. Find your bearings.
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