6 Steps to a Second Career in Retirement

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Dorothy Atkins, of San Jose, Calif., may be the prototypical example of today’s retiree. She’s active, healthy ... and working. In 2002, when Bank of America told Atkins, now 68, that it was relocating her division, the project manager walked out the door and bid farewell to her banking career. But her working days didn’t end there. “I was retired for about a second,” she says. Atkins used BofA’s severance to start her second act by converting a spare bedroom into an art studio and creating a line of greeting cards she sells to stores and museums. The income has kept her from dipping into her retirement savings and let her live the life she wants. “I encourage my friends to find something they love so much that they’d do it for free,” Atkins says.

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