healthmedicinet

First, there’s work. As you think about a 50- to 60-year career, forget the one-and-done, get-a-gold-watch-at-your-retirement model. Some have offered that the “career ladder” model be replaced with “career lattice” — where you move not up and down, but side-to-side, and in-and-out of careers. It’s a useful way to think about it — and it’s a handy answer to have when, later today, your aunt asks you, now what?