Personally I can’t see retiring after watching my father do it. I’d go stark raving nuts.
That being said, I’m afraid this proves future Democrat proposals for the Teresa Ghilarducci giant centrally nationalized pension plan and a Super-Duper Social Security program are gonna get ‘em a lot of votes.
Retirement doesn’t have to mean sitting around doing nothing.
My dad was a small businessman, owned his own company. when he retired, he volunteered with SCORE. Kept him in the game, as it were.
My father spent nearly 30 very happy years retired. He retired at 56 years old and moved to his boyhood home in northern Michigan and spent his time with my Mom hunting, fishing, cutting firewood, and puttering around fixing the house. They spent a goodly amount of time (about three or more months per year) traveling around the USA visiting their children and grandchildren every year.
They both had one of the best retirements I have ever seen and I intend to do the same within the next five years. My only problem is I do not know if I will receive my military retirement for much longer if the Country goes bankrupt and the savings I have was decimated when Obama came in.
I lost a ton in the stock market and now what I have left doesn't make much in interest, which is what I was going to use to supplement my military retirement. I never calculated Social Security as when I started the military in the 70s I was already convinced SS was going to collapse before I would get a single check. Now I don't even know if I'll get my military retirement for much longer. Maybe I'll have to become a Highwayman.