RAE
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I can’t imagine why anyone would want to retire right now. To do what? Sit around your house all day?
Sit around the house? Don't you enjoy any outdoor activities? Last week, when the weather was nicer here, I was outside a lot.........getting the garden ready, cleaning up the yard, trimming some shrubs and grape vines, doing some minor maintenance work on the garage and house exterior, etc.. I also take 2-3 long walks daily with my dog, sometimes around town, and sometimes on the nearby walking trail. It has not been a problem to do all these things while still social distancing. I don't believe any of the state orders on social distancing require anyone to stay inside their house all the time.
Some colder, snowy weather arrived here the other day, and that is actually a bigger hindrance to my outside activities than anything. Once the weather improves, though, I have plenty of other things to keep me busy out there (fishing starts in early May, for one thing, and planting my large vegetable garden will keep me busy for a while too). I have never been one to enjoy hanging out with crowds of people or go shopping all the time for entertainment, etc, so not being able to do those things doesn't bother me at all.
The one thing DW and I will miss is seeing our two grandsons now and then, and having them stay overnight at our house. That will probably not happen for a while now, and we'll miss them terribly, but they're healthy and doing okay, and we'll see them again within a couple months or so, hopefully. Facetime helps keep in touch with them, for now.
It is not even close for me with regard to whether I would rather be working again now, as opposed to being retired. Being retired wins hands down, quarantine or no quarantine!