The non-standard part is stating what he will be doing with that time when you don't know. "refocusing on his personal life" is also, unfortunately and I am pos

The non-standard part is stating what he will be doing with that time when you don't know. "refocusing on his personal life" is also, unfortunately and I am positive used without malice, kind of a loaded phrase. Without context I would always read that as "dealing with an unspecified personal tragedy" or the like. Anyway, if your point is that it isn't something super crazy to say then you're right. It looks like it was a guess, and it was wrong, and it rubbed the author the wrong way for reasons they detail in TFA.