As a person who enjoys her own company I am wondering if early retirees, in general, enjoy their own company more so than people who continue to work.
I've been retired for almost twenty yrs (before age 40) and never felt any strong urge to w*rk even for one more day as long as I haven't needed to financially. But, recently, I've had friends retire and within a month or so they are either w*rking one, two, or even three part-time jobs or looking for something to do. Others are still w*rking 'cause they just don't know what they would do with themselves. I'm asked the usual questions, "What do you do all day", "Don't you want to do something", etc. At times I've felt that the tone of the question is somewhat sarcastic so my standard (and very short) answer is "I like my own company". Period.
Maybe others are just more people oriented than I am or maybe they just don't know what to do without structure in their lives. Anyway, I'm just curious what your own observations have been.
I've been retired for almost twenty yrs (before age 40) and never felt any strong urge to w*rk even for one more day as long as I haven't needed to financially. But, recently, I've had friends retire and within a month or so they are either w*rking one, two, or even three part-time jobs or looking for something to do. Others are still w*rking 'cause they just don't know what they would do with themselves. I'm asked the usual questions, "What do you do all day", "Don't you want to do something", etc. At times I've felt that the tone of the question is somewhat sarcastic so my standard (and very short) answer is "I like my own company". Period.
Maybe others are just more people oriented than I am or maybe they just don't know what to do without structure in their lives. Anyway, I'm just curious what your own observations have been.