A lifelong Van Halen fan reflects on how iconic songs like Dreams and Right Now mirrored the journey from corporate life to a retirement filled with fishing, travel, and purpose.

After 30 consecutive years of practicing law, I am either unemployed or underemployed. No office to go to. No need for a suit except for weddings, funerals and coronations. No lunch break, either – now, if I want, it’s all lunch break. Now comes some fun and risk-taking.