I retired at 57 age, never worked a day since then, now at age 84. Best decision I ever made was to retire early. Can’t believe how cheap it is to retire if house mortgage is paid for and have no health issues. Senior discounts everywhere, and no expense for commute to work, no need for good clothes, and income taxes dropped into 2 or 3 tax brackets lower.
I retired at age 56, moved to Thailand and was expecting to do lots of traveling. God had other plans and gifted me a daughter. So this past week I took her to Space Camp in Huntsville, wife and I went to see some friends, and then we just got back home. Life is very good. I turn 70 next year and believe I’m blessed and lucky, no better time to have a kid than when you can spend time with them.
I retired at 58 I am now 65, haven’t regretted it at all, in fact every day that goes by I am more certain I made the right decision.
My wife also retired, she was an attorney, I was a computer engineer, we both had good incomes but lived a very ordinary lifestyle, virtually no vacations, stayed out of debt and made a few good investments that have paid off nicely.
My advice would be if you truly love what you do then keep doing it, if you like I did allow stress to enter your life, leave immediately, the stress will kill you, then what good does all the money in the world mean if you aren’t alive to enjoy it.
There is no right or wrong decision, except those in stressful jobs, really need to pay attention to their health because you make not get warning signs of impending doom.
I need to find more of those senior discounts (besides the ones in the clickbait ads).
What have you bern up to for the nearly 30 years of retirement, if I might ask?