She then spent six years exploring ways to replace the sense of purpose work brought her. “I joined a Rotary Club, and volunteered in my community, and attended business and social club meetings. “ Still, nothing replaced the passion of her work. Then, Dunn says she read an article about a retirement coach, and it was her “aha” moment.

I quit smoking cigarettes in 1969, five years after the U.S. Surgeon General’s first report said that smoking causes lung cancer. I was convinced the report was right when it came out, but it took me five years to develop the willpower to give up my Marlboros.