Yeah, I mean that seems completely tangential to what the OP was referring to. It's one thing for people who regret stopping to work, because they put too much

Yeah, I mean that seems completely tangential to what the OP was referring to. It's one thing for people who regret stopping to work, because they put too much of their life's meaning into work. Or maybe because their work was truly meaningful (although that seems to be pretty rare). Sounds like their real regret is that they didn't learn how to find enough meaning outside of work during retirement, rather than the fact they stopped working.