[1967 R50/2]

I'm not planning on "retiring" per se. You rest....you rust. Saw it in my own family. My grandfather started working manual labor when he was 12 and stopped when he was 84.

Soon after his retirement his health began to decline. You need something to keep both your mind and body active....and if you can make some bucks on the side, so much the better.

You ahve to remember that "retirement" is a fairly new concept and that not long before WW2, a large portion of the populace didn't really retired. Now, we feel that somehow this is an entitlement, which it really is not

So I don't think I will "Retire". Even if I only have a part time job, I think I'll be at it for a long time as we are a fairly long lived bunch.

Otherwise, your article made me feel pretty good as I appear to have at least made some good financial decisions.

BTW Moneyguy: As someone under 40, I can say that I am all behind privatizing social security. In fact I'd sacrifice everything I've paid in so far, just to be able to invest what is coming down the pike. If I make bad decisions, so be it. Much better than having somebody else make those decisions for me, or worse yet, making no decisions at all.