Can I retire or am I missing something?

[street]

Glad you have had a great year of retirement. I stay as busy as I want to and do a PT gig in the summer month's for exercise and to be around people. I don't need the money but get to work with a very young group of people and I enjoy their energy.

 

[audreyh1]

Sounds like you've found plenty of fun things to do...very admirable. Glad all is going well. Too many people retire and "waste away" or get depressed.

Huh?

You wouldn’t think that from this forum.

 

[joeea]

Huh?

You wouldn’t think that from this forum.

But of course this forum is nowhere near representative of the population as a whole.

 

[MichaelB]

But of course this forum is nowhere near representative of the population as a whole.

Exactly! We are like Lake Wobegon. Everyone is strong, good looking and above average

 

[Finance Dave]

Huh?

You wouldn’t think that from this forum.

This forum is not the norm. I know many people who have retired and don't know what to do with themselves or end up returning to work almost immediately just because they are depressed or bored.

I've also read numerous articles where this was an issue for people. Just a few of them below.


https://www.verywell.com/depression-after-retirement-1067239

http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2014/06/30/the-secret-sadness-of-retired-men

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...ion-in-retirement_us_5a36eae8e4b02bd1c8c607f0

 

[Finance Dave]

Exactly! We are like Lake Wobegon. Everyone is strong, good looking and above average

Thanks for the compliments!