A better takeaway from this is to make sure that your Job is not the most important thing in your life. If your Job is the thing you do as little of as needed

A better takeaway from this is to make sure that your Job is not the most important thing in your life. If your Job is the thing you do as little of as needed so that you can afford to spend time doing the really important things that give your life meaning, then having your Job go away isn't anywhere near as devastating as this article suggests. It's only because people tend to put so much of their identity into their career that this is an issue at all. I "Retired" from the 9-5 world last year, and my quality of life has seen a noticeable spike ever since. I have always prioritized climbing and other outdoor pursuits, travel and (more recently) raising kids over working, so dropping work down to near zero just let me turn all those other knobs up to where I think they should naturally belong. There's still a "work" knob in the form of the product businesses that bring in my income, and it too is dialed way down to where it belongs. Just enough to keep the mind sharp and diverted with a few hours of geekery each week. So the key, in my mind, is to arrange things so that you honestly don't miss your job once it comes time to give it up. It's cool to work hard and all. But there's a lot more to life than just work. If you wait until you're 65 then are suddenly forced to go find out what those other things are, it's going to be a lot less fun than if you start introducing them at age 25 and have them ticking away ready to take center stage as soon as the opportunity arises.