As I mull over the question, "Who am I?", it seems to me important to remember what was important to me when I was young. I remember sticking up for littler kids. I remember helping other kids with their schoolwork. I remember asking my mom (dad was overseas, it was WWII time) for chores. I remember helping other kids I knew do their chores. So. . . maybe part of "who I am" is a person who likes to help people. Whether it's hardwired into my identity or something I learned, it seems to define a lot of my life.
So, as you retire, or prepare for retirement, or simply work on your own answer to the question of your own self, your personal identity, think about what you liked when you were young. It might help you figure out who you are now, especially if your life as an adult seems to have been characterized by that early impulse.
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