So much for immortality. When we become 50 we are understandably ambivalent, if not indifferent, about retirement. Youth, we rightfully maintain, is still on our side.
Retirement seems like an event in the distant future.
But sooner than we anticipated, retirement is on our doorstep. It may even be accelerated by the twin effects of downsizing and early-retirement buyout plans. Retirement-related questions begin to surface, and at best, we have entered into uncharted waters. Much depends on how you feel about your career. They were inoculated with a self-perpetuating work ethic that makes it difficult to accept retirement of any sort.