No, they really aren't. I can stay at home in my home lab/workshop and have it set up just how I want and be very productive and happy. I can't do that in any

No, they really aren't. I can stay at home in my home lab/workshop and have it set up just how I want and be very productive and happy. I can't do that in any workplace. Without a regular job, I can spend my time associating only with people that I like, not people I'm forced to work with. Without a regular job, I don't have to deal with power structures and hierarchies inherent in workplaces; I have complete freedom of association. Stuff like this is precisely why many people are happy to retire. Sure, a retired person may still have to deal with some annoyances, like the local government placing restrictions on what they can do with their property, having to pay taxes, etc., but they can sure minimize the number of annoyances they have to put up with in their daily lives a lot. They can even move somewhere else if they want, without having to worry about that new location being close to a paying job. It's really weird how dead-set against retirement and freedom you are.