Moral of this: If you don’t want to die, don’t retire from your job?
Maybe he retired because he was dying of something?
I’ve known several people, one in particular, that did not last. He was in his mid 70’s. Both physically and mentally strong. He could wrestle a 20 year old kid to the ground.
He never lasted a year after retirement.
For many a job is their life, it’s their identity, it’s their purpose.
I am healthier after retirement, but another killer is when your spouse dies, which is something I personally could not take, and would prefer to precede her for the depression would finish me off.
“Moral of this: If you don’t want to die, don’t retire from your job?”
There is something to be said about that. I worked for a utility a number of years ago. Like clockwork, virtually every lineman that retired was dead within 5 years of doing so.