Workbooks
Self-reflection workbooks for the questions that come after leaving a career. Written by Dr. Yoendry Torres, licensed clinical psychologist and founder of Purposeful FIRE. Education, not therapy — but built on the same research he'd draw on in an actual session.
A two-part series
The Identity Clarity Workbook asks whether you still recognize yourself. The Meaning Rebuild Workbook asks whether the life you've confirmed still feels like it matters. Both are worth doing. Neither substitutes for the other.
The Identity Clarity Workbook
For anyone whose sense of self was tied to a job, career, or role — and who's trying to find it again.
'Who am I now' isn't one big question. It's four smaller ones: Do I still feel like me day to day? Do I still feel good about myself? Do I still feel capable? Do I still feel like a specific person? Once you know which one you're actually stuck on, you know what to do about it.
The Meaning Rebuild Workbook
For when life technically checks out — but doesn't feel like it means anything in particular.
Meaning isn't one thing. Researchers split it into three separate questions: Does my life make sense (coherence)? Do I have somewhere to aim (purpose)? Does any of it matter (significance)? Each question gets its own set of exercises. Nine total, three per pillar.
Free Resources
Three tools you can use right now, no purchase required. Each one takes five minutes or less and gives you something specific to work with.
Free Money Anxiety Check
Four patterns, five minutes. See where your financial anxiety is actually concentrated — vigilance and checking, catastrophizing, avoidance, or money and self-worth — so you know what to work on.
Get it freeValues Compass Worksheet
Most FIRE plans are built around a number. This worksheet helps you build one around a life. Clarify what actually matters to you before and after the transition — so the plan has somewhere worth going.
Get it freeReverse Engineer Your FI Number
Start with the life you want, not an arbitrary multiple. This worksheet walks you through estimating your real annual spend in retirement — by category — then converts it to a target portfolio.
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