1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Every person is a case study! Some people don’t have a wife or kids and work is all they know. Some people work to avoid their wife/husband! Some people can’t let go of their work responsibilities. Some people would be very bored if they quit working. I work with 3 people that could easily retire but won’t, 3 completely different reasons for each 

I think all of us know at least one person like this.  They'll work until the day they die.  I don't expect to be doing that, and I sure hope I don't have to either.

4 hours ago, ironbjorn said:

So many people get jealous at a person's retirement. In my mind retired people put the work and the time in. One day, God willing, it will be my turn. Also in my mind, retirement means you successfully completed your obligations to your family and society. But I'm also weird in that, being in my 30s, I welcome old age and becoming a grandpa because all that means is that I was blessed with a long, good life. Hopefully I get there.

Bgoing.Becoming a grandpa is one of the greatest things in life.

.For these younger men here,in they're thirties, trust me on this. I was there too. It was work, work, work, trying to keep my head above water, and take care of my family. The days seem long, and the stress is hard sometimes. But, when you do retire, you'll ask yourself, " where have all the years gone"?  When your young, you'll hear older guys say, " time goes so fast".                                               When you retire and get older, you realize this is true. The years have flown by.

4 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

.For these younger men here,in they're thirties, trust me on this. I was there too. It was work, work, work, trying to keep my head above water, and take care of my family. The days seem long, and the stress is hard sometimes. But, when you do retire, you'll ask yourself, " where have all the years gone"?  When your young, you'll hear older guys say, " time goes so fast".                                               When you retire and get older, you realize this is true. The years have flown by.

I don’t have to retire to realize that! People been telling me since I was a kid 

I know a lot of people that have their identity tied to their job.  I think these types tend not to last too long after retirement. 

I plan on retiring when my youngest daughter gets out of college in a couple of years.  My wife and I plan to do a whole bunch of things, and I will forget about that place.

2 hours ago, Mobasser said:

When your young, you'll hear older guys say, " time goes so fast".

 

Or you'll hear, everything you do when you're young you'll pay for when you get older...it's absolutely true!

 

I was forced into retirement 15 years ago by 3 ruptured disc & torn ligaments in my lower back.

 

Doctors diagnoses, simply wore my back out doing overhead work.

I'm 62 and I have some retirement savings but I'll have to work at least until I can get medicare. I sure don't have enough saved to buy insurance for very long.

 

Anyway I'm not sure retirement will be all that good for me. I'll miss the sense of urgency. There's no hurry to go fishing if I can go whenever I want and it doesn't really matter that much anyway. LOL What changes if you don't catch much one day? When I'm working performance counts and what I do matters...at least to me.

 

Also I would have had a lot of fun if I were retired much younger...say under 55. I would have done a lot of things that I've simply lost the urge to do. I didn't have the time to do them back then and I don't have the strength or desire to do it now. Unfortunately as retirement savings grow better our health and stamina often goes the other way...the getting old thing. 

29 minutes ago, MGF said:

I'm 62 and don't have the strength or desire 

health and stamina often goes the other way...the getting old thing. 

I sincerely hope the best for you in the future.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

I'm 62 as well.

Physical & mental strength can be maintained.

One simply needs to make it a priority.

Stay Safe

A-Jay 

Hope you enjoy your retirement. I have been retired almost 7 years. It was tough at first. It took me 15 or 20 minutes to get adjusted to it. LOL. I would like to have worked a few more years but my body was getting to worn out to keep doing high demand physical labor. I am enjoying retirement and still do a service call on equipment once in a while.

2 hours ago, A-Jay said:

I sincerely hope the best for you in the future.

But it doesn't have to be that way.

I'm 62 as well.

Physical & mental strength can be maintained.

One simply needs to make it a priority.

Stay Safe

A-Jay 

Not to make excuses but my lungs don't work so good anymore. I'm still doing everything I need to but I'm not anything like what I was just a few years ago.