65 yrs was always my retirement goal and now with 17 months to go, after 13 months of zooming from home I am asking myself, "what's the point"? Looking for a group of like situation (and like age?) folks for support group style interaction to keep on going. It isn't for the money, I get plenty of accolades from clients, do cutting edge rewarding work, get invited to give talks at big conferences, bla, bla. I think my problem is being at home all this time (except when I travel for work, which is maybe the most fun these days) and just wanting to kick back more. I have a plan to ask for a change of status at the annual review in June. Vote for which you think I should ask for: Regular part-time (like 30 hrs) with pro-rated benefits OR Temporary hourly/no benefits (I am being lazy about looking for private health plan options). One of my sons calls this my "soft retirement".