Based on Nancy Schlossberg and her colleagues' extensive interviews with 100 retired adults, Susan Komives describes six predominate pathways retirees took to make meaning of this new transition in their lives. These pathways identified people as continuers, adventurers, easy gliders, involved spectators, searchers, and retreaters. Using the pathways as a foundation, Komives encourages the reader to think ahead to retirement and how these pathways might apply, look for examples among new students transitioning to college, and identify the challenges educators face in helping students meet the challenges of their preferred pathway.