Originally Posted by
jp1
I personally hope to be able to work until 60 (ten more years) but then retire while I hopefully still have many years of active enjoyable life ahead of me. The last thing I want to do is end up like a good friend of my father. He retired in his early 60's and on Saturday morning, the day after his last day, he was cleaning out the gutters on his house, fell off the ladder and cracked his head wide open. Never even collected a single pension check. Yes, that could happen at any age, even before retirement, but it was a harsh reminder which I've never forgotten that no one knows what tomorrow will bring. I'd like to be in the "die broke" category and don't intend to work any longer than I need to to have a realistic shot of being in that category.