When I retired from the US Army, they told me that senior NCOs and senior Officers were expected to have a five year life expectancy. This was because so may sat down in front of the TV to rest for a few days, and never got moving again. Weight ballooned, heart rate went to hell, and they just died.
This was a while ago, so I am not sure what it is these days. But the ones who got a second life career, lived amazingly productive lives.
I will be performing my third career soon, and I am enjoying my life as only God can make possible.
Thanks for your personal report. I’m staring down the barrel of voluntary retirement in a couple of years. I workout regularly and am healthy as a horse, but I am increasingly looking forward to doing some second career. I don’t know what, maybe a greater at a local Walmart, but I look forward to changing from the grind of daily punching the clock to something else, but we gotta get our kids out of college. So, yeah, Retire, but use what God has given you to the fullest.
I’m almost 70 and plan to retire in 2-3 years, and I am deathly afraid that I will sit in front of a TV and rot there.
Therefore, I am preparing. Not by having a second career, when I retire, I ant to be retired, but by developing some new hobbies. For instance, I have been taking trumpet lessons, and only last night I decided to join a community band and start playing with others. Had a blast.
My ambition is to get good enough to join the church orcchestra