Why I Decided to Unretire

Most people look toward retirement as a desirable time. People save money and assets with the intent of eventually retiring and leading a life of luxury.

The retiree has lots of leisure time, can sleep late every morning and doesn’t have the stresses or obligations of the workplace.

Retirees can travel to all the exciting places that they could only dream about when working. Retirees can pursue hobbies with enthusiasm and have the time to pursue new hobbies.

Except for spouses, retirees have no boss to cater to. Retirees can do whatever they want whenever they want to.

But retirement has one major drawback that retirees cannot escape, namely, aging.

Usually, retirement occurs as people reach the pinnacle of their lives. No matter what we do, the body ages, and retirees are bound to get something they don’t want.

Oftentimes, when retirees go to a doctor for a check-up, they find out that they have some ailment that they didn’t even know they had. Regular exercise becomes an obsession, but the body doesn’t work as well as it did in earlier life. The days of running a marathon are gone forever.

After a lifetime of activity, I retired in 2009. They told me that, if I waited until later to draw upon Social Security, I would get more money. My response was, “This is later,” and I started getting Social Security as soon as I could.

I had a fantastic set of activities and involvements as my life unfolded. I never thought much about what I was doing. I just did it and life just