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[quote=Anonymous]Save as much as you can for retirement so you can retire when you want. It's really hard to predict how long you will want to work or what health issues (physical, mental) may arise in your 50s and 60s. Some people work forever, some don't. You may change your mind and plans
 It's good to have options.

I experienced ageism in my late 50s/60s. In most ways it did not affect me, but it also did. I had to push more to get opportunities and could see who was given them, for the future. That makes sense for succession planning but I was not ready to "quiet quit." I think I could have but I hate being bored and wanted to do more. The other part of ageism is that due to experience I knew more about the job than my younger colleagues but my opinions were sometimes ignored, and listening to them talk about their vast experience made me sometimes roll my eyes internally at them. I was probably the same when I was younger. Anyway, it got old.

I am retired now. I felt like I was able to leave at the right time. I did not want to stay too long and I'm glad that I had enough to go before it got painful.

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