What if the life we’ve been working toward isn’t actually the life we want?

Microdosing Retirement is a podcast for people who are starting to question the traditional script: work hard, climb the ladder, and someday you’ll finally get to enjoy your life in retirement.

But between burnout, hustle culture, rising costs, and a world that seems to get more chaotic by the day, more people are quietly wondering if there might be another way to live.

Host Amanda B. Yappin explores modern life through thoughtful conversations about burnout, work-life balance, mental health, career pivots, and the strange expectations we inherit from productivity culture. After shifting careers from high school Spanish teacher to user experience designer, Amanda knows firsthand how scary and liberating it can be to question the script and choose a different path.

Each episode blends personal stories, human philosophy, and small experiments in intentional living to help listeners rethink their relationship with work, identity, and success.

Think of Microdosing Retirement as tiny doses of rest, curiosity, and feeling alive in a cuckoo bananas world.

Because if we have to be here, we might as well enjoy the ride.

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For more small doses of perspective, inspiration, and memes, follow along on Instagram at @microdosingretirementpodcast

Soundtrack by Oleg Gordeev and Paulo Sergio Araujo Santos (via Pond5)