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That's to some extent a weird doctor thing, not a general thing (doctors seem to often have difficulty fully retiring). It was never normal for the average pers

• skissane 1y ago
  It isn’t just doctors, my father isn’t a doctor (chemistry degree + MBA => pharmaceutical company executive) and I’m not sure if he’s worked this year, but he was definitely working last year (when he was 74/75). And a big reason why he’s cut back on working is his partner has dementia and she’s now deteriorated to the point he can’t really leave her at home alone any more. And his dad was a tax accountant, and he had “trouble fully retiring” too. He retired from his job at a mining company, then started an unpaid job doing accounting for a charity. Then he retired from that, but still did the accounting for his church for a few more years thereafter. Yes, he wasn’t getting paid, but that was his choice, I’m sure he could have done the same work for somebody else and gotten paid for it. If I’m still alive and healthy in my 70s, I imagine I may well follow both my parents’ examples and still be working too-having a job can be good for your health