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Retirement is mainly appealing to those who don't like what they do for a living.

• kamaal 11y ago
  That's a wrong way of looking at retirement. You having a job is dependent on many reasons beyond your own interest. Age related discrimination is quite common in our industry, recessions happen every 8 years or so, companies shut down, a person can have major illness, or disability. There are many reasons why you may not be able to do what you like, let alone doing it for a living. Being prepared for such things in the future not only saves you from all the trouble, it saves your family too.
• jleyank 11y ago
  On the whole, there will come a time when one would like to do something else before checking out. There's a balance between doing good work and enjoying life - I recommend trying to do both while the all the pieces work well. Keep in mind that deferring things to a future time is a risk in that the future time might never arrive, or it might arrive in a way you can't use.
• jazzyk 11y ago
  Retirement is mainly appealing to those who have other interests outside of work or want to do good/interesting things which don't necessarily produce income.
• tsotha 11y ago
  That's a great attitude to take if you're at retirement age. But in order to retire you have to save decades before you know whether or not you still enjoy what you do for a living.