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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 57, will retire next year, and worried. 
I’ve always been very busy. I’d like to take more time to cook healthy meals with my daytime hours. 
I currently already teach a fitness class and travel a lot. We already have a condo in Florida in a 55 older community. 
I am a teacher so I know  I will miss children and precious co-workers. 
DH and I have always been very  young acting for our age and don’t fit in with many our age. That doesn’t mean we should keep working though. I don’t know what it means. 
Accepting advice. [/quote]

I think you will find other people who are "young for their age" if you do activities you like.

I play pickleball (spare me the jokes) and I've met a lot of people in their 60's and 70's who I would have thought are 10 yrs younger than they actually are.  They are the ones like you who are healthy and active, and have interesting past lives.  Really nice people.

I also volunteer at a hospital/outpatient clinic one day a week, and I see A LOT of people who are struggling to get through their day and struggling with mobility.  Some of them are the same age or younger than the pickleball folks I know.  The difference in physical ability and mental outlook diverges greatly in the 60's and 70's.  You have some who are super active and squeezing the sweet nectar out of life... and others who are barely getting by.

You'll find your people by doing the activities you love.

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