[leadpenny]

Retirement doesn't sound like much fun anyway. I'm going to work as long as I'm able.

[Night Hides Not]

Retirement doesn't sound like much fun anyway. I'm going to work as long as I'm able.

As I've seen my SEP decline over the past three years, I haven't worried about it too much, because I doubt I'll be able to retire.

God took care of my retirement concerns by blessing us with our third child ten months ago. By the time Nathan graduates from college, I'll be in my 70's! Accordingly, I have renamed my SEP 'Nathan's Beer Fund'.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I started planning my retirement 5 years before I left. A lot of the folks in aerospace feel and do as you say. However after thinking about retirement I found there are so many things that are fun and easy to do, (FR for example). Now I don't see how I ever spent 12 hours a day on the job, no matter how fun and interesting it was.

My wife and I are full time RV'ing around the country. With a camping lifestyle there is much to do, things to fix, and golf balls to whack.

Regards. As far as the market is concerned, retirees need to get some financial planning (fee planner not commission if they don't understand the market). No retiree should have lost as much as this article reports, because they should not have been long in the equity market with much of their nest egg. You don't "play" the market with a nest egg, you move to the "land of critical mass" in the bond and treasury markets. Sorry, but no sympathy for the market players who are not riding out this bear with their investments balanced.

[RichardW]

Retirement is vastly overrated. I'd continue to work myself but I need to find a new job having moved from our old home. My wife has gone back to work to "put structure back into her life."

[gcruse]

Retirement doesn't sound like much fun anyway. I'm going to work as long as I'm able.

That's what I thought, too.  But it turns out that anyone over 50 is no longer considered able.
If you can stay employed and out of the job market, you have a chance.  Otherwise, lotsa luck.