Increased life expectancy and low birth rates add up to big trouble for the nation’s social security system, which is facing a $4.6 trillion shortfall, according to the Social Security Administration.

Many of life’s most exciting transitions, such as marriage, the birth of a child, or a new job, bring with them an often unanticipated side effect—stress. The same is true for retirement.

Henry Escobedo is at ease in the kitchen; he’s been working there since he was only 17. Escobedo began his career at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, where he mastered the fundamentals of the culinary arts while paying his dues as a  prep cook, butcher, and line cook.