I read all 98 responses so far and have a couple questions: Only a few people mentioned that they dialed down full blown careers to part time work, hobby jobs or passion businesses, etc. It sounds like most above worked full tilt for decades, then stopped all paid work cold. Personally, I assume there is a world of part time work awaiting when I quit the career, but maybe that’s just a coping fantasy on my part. Did any of you assume you’d do part time work someday and then, when it came down to it decided, “nah....”. Or does part time work + portfolio allow a semiretirement in which you still need to work some but you can avoid most of the grind? Thanks for sharing.