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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s all about what works for you.  I went back to work full time a year ago at 58 after almost 30 years as a sahm and PT consultant.  What nobody tells you is staying busy and happy and fulfilled takes a lot of work.  I wasn’t happy once my kids were grown, parents died and husband returned to the office.  Lunching, Yoga, pickleball and travel got old and having my life’s purpose on most days being making dinner walking the dog was honestly depressing. I couldn’t imagine doing just that and volunteering for 30 more years.    I love the structure and camaraderie of work and the paycheck.  My job is not high stress but it’s interesting.  I’d like to work til 65-67.    Just my perspective - and we have a little over 5 mil now.  
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If you need a job to feel important and fulfilled then go for it.  But I find it a bit sad that you cannot find ways to fill your day "meaningfully" without a job at age 60[/quote]

lol!  Im sorry this choice seems so sad and pathetic to you. But we are likely coming from very different places. After being at home taking care of others for 25 years, and also working from home PT a few hours a week in order to be flexible and available,  it has been a treat to go back to work on my own terms and have a nice paycheck even though I don’t really need one.   I need purpose and structure and love the  camaraderie.  If you work currently and are ready for a break, I can see this perspective being unimaginable, or sad for a “60 year old”.  But just like working gets old, so does staying home and not working.  This is my personal journey; and I absolutely disagree that it is sad.  My life feels pretty perfect and fulfilled honestly.  [/quote]

+1.  COVID work at home  made me never want to retire - until it becomes a physical challenge.  There is only so much golf, walk dog, yoga, travel, gardening, etc you can do until you get bored out of your mind.  The most successful people I know continue to stay engaged with real work of some sort.  [/quote]
The world is big.  There are so many places I want to travel to for months at a time. And I want to do that while I'm young enough to really enjoy it. [/quote]

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