Project Escape
Lessons for an Unscripted Life
A memoir chronicles a challenging post-career journey to a life of reimagined possibilities. A harried scientist and business executive sets off to make a break from her corporate decades and have an “extraordinary” retirement. She launches into a five-phase “Project Escape,” complete with a vision, goals, and a scorecard of success to deliver this next chapter as a volunteer in the island country of Palau. Her struggle with purpose, identity, ego, and marriage provides an unvarnished but encouraging reference for those pondering major life changes.
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[An] articulate…engaging…intriguing, emotion-filled memoir that chronicles a challenging, humorous and often chaotic post-retirement journey to a life of reimagined possibilities and fulfillment; will especially appeal to those pondering major life changes.
With deep honesty and humor, Jackson took me on a journey of discovery, not only of another ‘world’ in the culture of the island country of Palau, but also of herself – and of her long-term marriage…This book is an exciting, evocative, hope-filled celebration of acceptance and love not to be missed!
Jackson decided against golf and cruises and chose adventure in an ‘island paradise’ as a mature Peace Corps volunteer. Hidden within this great story of self-imposed loss and ultimate personal discovery – like the dog’s pill in the peanut butter – is a five-phase planning methodology for the many people who so intimately mix self and career in career-centric lives. I recommend it in my retirement workshops.