context: Try it for yourself . I also factored in the fact that my portfolio should continue to grow even while I'm in retirement , so it has to be large enough to allocate part of it to continuous growth . I think medical expenses are likely to be substantially more than they are today , since there's no realistic fix to the health care crisis in sight . Finally , retirement is supposed to be very , very fun ; there's no point in retiring if it means sitting around and staring at the wall all day .
question: why did he retire ?
reference: because he was old
candidate: he is feeling pretty sick