I’ve always felt retirement is an over rated concept.
The idea of staying home and watch day time television has never much appealed to me. Golf would get boring after a while.
I hope to work and be productive as long as I am breathing.
God willing.
I am 55 and would like to semi-retire at 62.
What will I do?
-My employer has 2 day a week positions, summers off. Take one of those positions.
-Be a docent at a local museum, couple days a month.
-Golf once a week.
-Travel. There are a lot of places on my bucket list I would like to see. Australia, large chunks of South America and a couple more places in Asia. Need to get them knocked out while I am able.
-Do some medical mission work.
-By then good Lord willing, I will have grandkids. Since the kids are scattered all over the country I would like to visit them, a lot.
It depends on what sort of work you do.
If someone has been doing physically demanding work, such as construction labor, it gets more difficult to keep up with the physical demands of the job as people get older.
On the other hand, if someone has a desk job, that person can continue long past the traditional retirement age.
I watch my father since he retired...puttering around the house, not doing much of anything. I think it would drive me insane.
When my mother retired, she spent most days listening to Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and some other talk radio programs. Then she would send me emails about what people were saying about the issues. That was her way of staying engaged in the world and current events.
I retired at 63 and am busier and happier than when I was working.