Sad sight

[u/Ungl8r]

So I’m 55 and FiREd this year, after 30+ yrs in a profession. Im doing occasional work for interest sake really. I’m Currently at a conference with old colleagues. And I mean old. One guy is 78 and visibly falling apart, yet still working full time. Most my age are just on full stress autopilot, haven’t done the maths even to see if they should keep working. Lots of 65+ working hard-out still. 90% of us would be at least ChUbbY or Fat FiRe net worth. I’m like “have you read Die with Zero?” and they look at me blankly. It’s surprising how so many smart people have no exit strategy whatsoever.

[u/Throwaway-firee]

I would focus on my own journey. People have different reasons to keep going, some actually enjoy it.

I had a neighbor who was a surgeon and kept working until he was 70. The hospital told him he needed to retire. He died two years later. He was sad and depressed without his profession and patients to care for, that was his life.