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Apparently, my in-laws didn't get the message. FIL retired at 62 and hasn't much left his house or his recliner for the last 20 years. So many variables that these type of articles can't be taken too seriously.
I actually think self-employment is a great option for many in their late 50's and up. I plan to do a little contracting and realtor work, maybe flip a house once or twice a year starting when I am 62.
Summarized from Wikipedia: Jeanne Calment from France, the longest-lived verified person ever (died at the age of 122.5), married at the age of 21 her distant cousin (with whom she had one child 2 years later), and her husband, a store owner, had a sufficient wealth that SHE NEVER HAD TO WORK.
Voila!
I am semi-retired, in my mid-50, so I have insight into both worlds: those parts of the year in which I am off work are incomparably more awesome than those parts in which I do work.
Heh, if my plans don't go awry my purpose and problem solving will be mostly of the planning to travel on a budget variety, mixed with a little bit of learning new things and expanding my knowledge of things I love but don't have much time for now. I don't need a job to give my life purpose.
I think this has been said a few times in a few different ways, but you really have to consider that a large % retire because of declining health so in a lot of cases it does not cause the decline but also doesn't stop it.
Well I think staying on the job for a decade more would have killed both of us vs retiring early. The stress alone for John (police sergeant) and my job working doubles and 12 hour shifts at night. Kill me now. I'm so over it.
We just spent the last two hours roller skating. We are very active people and I'm actually losing weight. We eat healthy, are not stressed out, and much happier away from that miserable life.
I think the key is to stay active and we're both good at that.
There is a 73 year old man who is my hero that I would like to emulate. He is 73 and still works full time in construction management and he definitely does not have to work. He does it because he likes it and he has told me he feels he will live longer.
Oh, certain outspoken posters on here are NOT going to like this thread!
As for me, I agree.
I do however realize that there are folks in physically demanding, and / or psychically numbing, and / or otherwise horrid lines of work, who probably do well to retire early and often.
There is a 73 year old man who is my hero that I would like to emulate. He is 73 and still works full time in construction management and he definitely does not have to work. He does it because he likes it and he has told me he feels he will live longer.
Construction management? Hon, he's getting paid lots! He likes money. Nothing else matters to him. And he's in charge. He sets the rules. The other 98% of you are not in that category.
So what's that got to do with "retirement can kill you"? [apples and oranges]
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