My father just retired at 92. I will not be so blessed with good health and longevity. He waited too long and now has limited chances to do things in retirement he might have done earlier. Health is declining, my mother has passed and almost all famy and friends his age are gone. You should retire at 20, go to work at 35 and work until you die I think.
Seeing his example I have decided to work until 75 if able but add more time off as I go. I am taking off three weeks this year to hunt birds, three weeks to visit or host family and two weeks for holidays. If that sounds like a lot it is for me. In the last 40 years I have never taken off more than two weeks total per year. If it goes well I intend to add one more week hunting next year and the year after that. Ten weeks off should keep me rested but still working enough to pay the bills. If my kids had loved me enough to get B's and C's I could have saved a million dollars in Ivy Leage College expenses. Oh well it's time to go back to work. Do what you want when you can because tomorrow is not guaranteed to anyone.
