“Never retire. If you work forever, you can live forever. I know there is an abundance of biological evidence against this theory, but I’m going with it anyway…..If you want to be successful and live a long, stimulating life, keep yourself at risk intellectually all the time.” personal views of  Byron Wien, age 81,  The Blackstone Advisory Group (investment group).

So who created this idea of retirement?  Our ancestors didn’t.  Our forefathers didn’t.  My parents and grandparents didn’t.  Also, who created the age when we would retire?  It keeps changing.  Is it 65, 55, 50?  Is it a goal post to make it as a destination?  Do I work with the idea of always planning on retirement, as in “when I retire……?”  How much fear have I created for myself by worrying about “my retirement”?  Who told you to retire in the first place?  What price are …