You don't have to be retired to enjoy life you know.
I suppose it depends on whether or not one really enjoys their employment. If I hated my job I would have been more than happy to retire as soon as possible, as it happened I liked the job but did not live for it.
The right time to retire in my opinion is when you feel it is the right time, it should not be decided by other people. We are all individuals with diffrent needs, I would have liked a few more years till possibly 60 but had no intention of working till I dropped.
Last week I went to the USA and saw a couple of flight attendants well over 70, I wonder how they would have felt if someone had told them they had wasted their lives because they had not retired in their 50's? I guess they like their jobs and prefer to work rather than retire. They looked very happy, their employer is not forcing them to work, it is their choice.
It matters not what we do in our 60's provided we are happy whether that be working or retired. Again I say it, you do not have to be retired to enjoy life.
