I consider myself retired, but I have a different take on the concept. I like programming computers, but just not 2000 hour a year. I can afford not to do tha

I consider myself retired, but I have a different take on the concept. I like programming computers, but just not 2000 hour a year. I can afford not to do that, so I don't. I hit a point in my 30s where I could sock away a year's worth of savings in 3-6 months of contracting, so that's pretty much where my full-time phase ended. I came back "out of retirement" when the first kid was born and worked 5 years semi-fulltime to save up enough for houses, college, etc., ramping down to 4 day weeks for the last few years because I really value my free time. Since then, I've done the odd 3-6 month/year stint (since programming and working on a good team that can ship is still pretty fun.) Recently I've been doing that part time, 2-3 days a week, a few months a year. I don't know what most people would call my situation. I call it Retired as I want to be at any given moment. I expect I'll keep doing it for the dozen-odd years between now and when I hit "Retirement Age". But maybe not. It's almost more of a hobby at this point. I guess the point is that it seems like a silly idea to do something all day every day for most of your life, then suddenly drop it completely. If it was fun, do more of it. But on your own terms, and only enough that it's still fun.