Quote Originally Posted by Joy_Division View Post
I agree that it depends on your job and whether you enjoy it or not. After being made redundant from two great jobs I found myself aged 50 and no chance of another job in the industry I had been in with the same wages etc. So I ended up taking a job that was hourly paid and not much more than minimum wage. I went from working 36 hours a week to 50 hours a week for almost half my previous wage. The job involved associating with some of the worst people imaginable and taking no end of abuse and on one occasion physical assault. I worked out that with my works pension from my two good jobs and a load of savings I could fund retiring at 63, which I did. I have been retired now 4 years. With the works pension and the state pension I receive more money per month than I did when working 50 hours a week to get spat on. Retiring was the best thing I did in my life other than marrying my second wife. Do I get bored? Not a bloody chance. There is music, art, reading and my wife's wonderful company.
I am the same Joy, i finished work at 63, and I never get bored, i like walks, photography, local history, reading and annoying people on the internet. I am also a natural when it comes to relaxing.
It definitely depends on if you love your job, look at Sir David Attenborough, 95 and still doing excellent programme's.
I think 60 should be the point where people can retire or continue to work, and physical outside jobs are more difficult to do past that age than working in a centrally heated, air conditioned office.
My mate is 70, he was a mechanic and he wishes he was back at work because he suffers from depression, and doesn't have any interests or hobbies.
That is so sad when work is all you have to look forward to.
He is married and his wife works in a care home, she should have retired last year but she chose not to.
He said that they treat her like s h1 t but she loves it.😮