Postponing retirement
I was just reading some blog with a post on retirement, and the discussion was tilted toward not retiring, because drinking mojitos and playing golf get old. Well, yeah, and whoever thought of that for retirement? But then I realized the reason that so many fear retirement is that they are extroverts, and their social life—daily encounters with many people they know—centers on work. I don’t think introverts have much problem at all in retirement, since most of their interests are solo: reading, crewel work, whatever.
That realization helps me understand why a friend is fighting so strongly against retirement—still working as he nears 70.
My father as well. He’s now 75 and he still works part-time.
scott
26 September 2009 at 2:07 pm
Having retired at age 59, I wonder why I didn’t do it earlier.
Jack
27 September 2009 at 7:58 am