Pondering threads like this, I find need to distinguish between work and career. Work is mandatory training, inane meetings, following regulations, writing annual performance reviews, pretending to be alert in an all-hands pep rally or security seminar. Career is watching one's citation-index rise on Researchgate etc. Applause after delivering a keynote address at a scientific conference. Or for some people, seeing updates to their Wikipedia page. Ideal would be retiring from work, but not from career.
People who have careerless-work have an advantage. Retirement is obvious! Once the money works out, with some cushion, that's impetus to retire... no qualms, no regrets. It's harder for career-people, because even if they detest the work and yearn to leave it, they can't leave their careers, any more than they could leave their bodies.