I know dozens of people that are able to retire, but don't. Or they chose to retire, but then very quickly started doing some other work that gave them satisfac

I know dozens of people that are able to retire, but don't. Or they chose to retire, but then very quickly started doing some other work that gave them satisfaction. I just don't believe in the myth that if you retire early you're going to spend the rest of your life sipping pina coladas on the beach. My argument is that if I can be doing the work that I would be doing if I "retired", and it paid me enough money to make ends meet, then I won't need to retire. Sure, if the work you want to do can never pay you enough to live off it, then you have to find another income stream; maybe passive income. But it's not the only option if what you seek is satisfaction.