Yes, l do not want to retire ever as love my job too much..I do work from home and have Flexi hours so I have a very good work life balance and plenty of variety with a lovely boss.
The people I know who have retired and don't volunteer or go off traveling just look and sound old. I think it comes from hanging out with other old people who move slowly, and moan a lot and have lost their vibrancy, interest in others and learning new things.
Retirement can be bad for your physical and mental health especially if you become sedentary and /or where you lose your purpose in life especially if you don't do anything worthwhile instead.
Working in a job that you absolutely loathe with a toxic boss can also wreck your physical and mental health and can knock years off your life.
I don't think people realise that becoming more sedentary is actually a ticking time bomb as there is a close correlation between extended hours of sitting with the weakening of core muscles, which leads to increasing number of falls, frailty and immobility.
Also, reduced opportunities for social interaction is extremely bad for your emotional health as you age.
Residential care homes are frightening reminders of what happens to the human body after people retire.
Lifestyle, social class, social environment and mindset, not just genetics and luck often determine whether you will be a sprightly 90 year old or in failing health by aged 60.
It's well worth reading up the steps to take to help avoid getting dementia.
Retirement, a sedentary life, lack of exercise, poor sleep pattern, not challenging the brain, having a narrow view of the world and eating junk food all increases the chances of getting dementia. It is not a worldwide natural human stage of growing old as some people think, as there are countries with populations who have very low rates of it.