Like many others I'm more relaxed and patient because I don't have to deal with work stresses any more. It's easy to spend an entire day just putzing around and not accomplish anything. And that doesn't bother me a bit.
Ref the earlier poster having a job that required extroversion: I found that almost everything one can do to earn a living is heavily biased towards that. Some more than others but when your threshold is low to begin with, you're already maxed out right out of the gate
A+ to B- for me after 14 years.DW says I'm much less stressed and have gone from a Type A+ personality to a B+. Laid back and mellow is my goal.
Re. the "shedding of the work persona," I noticed a big shift in that when I hit financial independence, a few years ago (though I continue to work).
Like many others I'm more relaxed and patient because I don't have to deal with work stresses any more. It's easy to spend an entire day just putzing around and not accomplish anything. And that doesn't bother me a bit.