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George Jerjian

Retirement Transition Expert - I help retirees find a New Beginning | Author | Speaker | Creator of the DARE Method® programs.

01/09/2026

A small change — and an intentional one.

After 12 years of posting regularly, I've decided to step away from regular Facebook and Instagram posts.

I've become increasingly convinced that more content doesn't necessarily mean more connection.

At this stage of my own journey, which is ever-evolving, I want to spend less time feeding social media and more time having meaningful conversations about something I care deeply about:

How do we prepare not just our finances for retirement — but ourselves for the life that follows?

I'll continue sharing my thinking and writing regularly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgejerjian/

So, if that question resonates with you, I hope you'll join me there.

I'm not disappearing… I may come back later.

I'm simply choosing “conversation” over “content.”

Always with gratitude,
George

31/08/2026

Odysseus finally reached Ithaca. But arriving was never really the point. What mattered was who he'd become on the way, and what he still had to face once he got there.

I think retirement works the same way. Leaving your career gets you to the shore. It doesn't automatically bring you home.

Over this series I've come at that idea from different angles, and it keeps resolving into the same seven places I believe every retiree is eventually called to return to. Swipe through to see them.

Leaving work is the easy part. The real work is making a series of meaningful homecomings.

Which of these seven are you still working on? I'd genuinely love to know.

28/08/2026

The Real Treasure

Odysseus didn’t return richer.He returned wiser.

Retirement is not about accumulating more.It is about becoming more: gaining clarity, renewed purpose and the confidence to write your next chapter.

But don’t just take my word for it. Hear from people who have taken that journey and discovered what becomes possible: https://georgejerjian.com/testimonials/

26/08/2026

Retirement is not the final chapter.

It is your invitation to write the greatest story of your life.

Your Odyssey.Your homecoming.Your new beginning.

And if you’re ready to explore what this next chapter could look like, the DARE Digital Course will guide you to rediscover your purpose, possibility and direction. Because the best is yet to come.

Begin your DARE journey here https://georgejerjian.com/dare-to-discover-your-purpose-digital-course/

24/08/2026

The Mentor...

Odysseus had Athena. Every meaningful journey is easier when we have someone to guide us.

I believe retirement is too important – and too full of possibility – to navigate alone. Sometimes, we simply need space to reflect, ask better questions and see a future we may not yet have imagined for ourselves.

That is the role I hope to play: helping you reconnect with your future self and discover what comes next.

Learn more about me and how I can help: https://georgejerjian.com/about-george-jerjian/

21/08/2026

Odysseus returned not only to reclaim his kingdom...
but to rediscover his son.

Retirement offers something many careers never could.

Time. Presence. Legacy.

Read my book Odyssey of an Elder: Around the World in Eighty Days to discover how a gap year can be the long way home >> https://georgejerjian.com/books/

20/08/2026

What happens when your career ends but your sense of identity goes with it?

In my conversation with Gail Zugerman, we explore why retirement requires far more than financial planning. I share my DARE Method – Discover, Assimilate, Rewire and Expand – to help people let go of an old professional identity and create a purposeful, energised second act.

We also discuss the value of a purposeful gap year, staying engaged, and redefining retirement as an opportunity for growth rather than withdrawal.

Listen to the episode:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-unretire-and-build-a-fulfilling-second/id1454857413?i=1000779408672

19/08/2026

Odysseus' journey wasn't his alone.

Penelope waited. Loved. Endured.

When my cancer scare forced me into retirement at 52, my wife lived through that upheaval too. When I set off on my 80-day solo journey around the world, she stayed behind.

Retirement isn't just your transition. It's your spouse's too.

Listen to me talk about that transition on the podcast "Travel Tales" with Mike Siegel
https://www.traveltalespodcast.com/podcast/george-jerjian/

17/08/2026

Odysseus came home to Ithaca.

But first… he had to come home to himself.

Many retirees live in the same house they've occupied for decades.

Yet inwardly… they've never truly arrived.

The greatest homecoming is within.

Are you ready to take the first step home? Take my free DARE Taster Course but be quick - it’s only available until 30 August: https://georgejerjian.com/dare-to-discover-your-purpose-taster-course/

14/08/2026

Travel changes your geography, but it's the reflection afterwards that changes who you are: distance gives you perspective and the quiet gives you a clarity you don't get at home.

That's why I tell every retiree to take a Gap Year.

Sometimes you have to leave home to work out what home actually means.

Subscribe to watch my Book Talk, Odyssey of an Elder: https://georgejerjian.com/books/ (scroll down to the bottom)

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