Age 68 and 46 years into my career that I am passionate about. I've been hinting to people that I will force myself to retire at age 70. They don't believe me. My career keeps me vibrant and healthy. I work with college students that keep me young. I joke that it was a mistake having them assist me through mid-life crises, LOL (I avoided jail).
My current goals are to do retirement things right now (travel, hunt, fish, etc.) as I have about 5 weeks vacation annually and I can take 3 day weekends whenever I choose (almost). I have modified my mindset towards the important things - friends and family. While I am the consummate caring employee, I have adopted the "I don't give a sh-t" attitude towards the unimportant silly stuff. I am ramping up my mentoring of the the young managers - this is especially important to me - one of the small things we can do, since most of what we do is soon forgotten after death.
I appreciate the comments above since it covers the retirement spectrum - the good and the bad. Find balance in life everyone.
My current goals are to do retirement things right now (travel, hunt, fish, etc.) as I have about 5 weeks vacation annually and I can take 3 day weekends whenever I choose (almost). I have modified my mindset towards the important things - friends and family. While I am the consummate caring employee, I have adopted the "I don't give a sh-t" attitude towards the unimportant silly stuff. I am ramping up my mentoring of the the young managers - this is especially important to me - one of the small things we can do, since most of what we do is soon forgotten after death.
I appreciate the comments above since it covers the retirement spectrum - the good and the bad. Find balance in life everyone.