‘I don’t believe in retirement’: Five boomers on why they’re not ready to quit (The Globe and Mail)
Or maybe not.
A scientific survey of my immediate friends shows that none of them are planning to retire any time soon. They are designers, lawyers, doctors, marketers, entrepreneurs, artists, …show more content…
He has since recanted. People are wired to live useful and productive lives until they run out of gas. That’s what gives life meaning. The notion of “retirement” is an entirely post-Second-World-War phenomenon, the product of rapidly increasing lifespans and the creation of the welfare state. It should be abolished.
This doesn’t mean we’re interested in 60-hour workweeks and performance reviews from people 20 years our junior. Hell, no. We need flexibility, autonomy, and plenty of time to [insert passions here]. Fortunately, as the working-age population shrinks, the world is going to need us. Bye-bye, severance packages. Hello, retention bonuses.
Lots of people aren’t as lucky as we are, of course. Some keep working because they have to. Some can’t work, and eventually most of us really will get too old. But a world in which more people keep working part-time to the age of 70 or so would be both wealthier and more