Arrive Before Their Explanation

Arrive Before They Are Understood

Challenge Identity

Create Closure

Dissolve Obligations

Feel Like A Threshold

Mark Completion

Only Happen Once

Separate Eras

Shed Weight

Sit In A Recliner

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napping

couch

sofa

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bedtime

mining

smiling

joking

working

janitor

pick-up line

toast (speech)

happiness

trivia

alarm clock

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exhaustion

retiring

fame

getting rich

hard work

hustling

40s (age)

travel

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is the filthiest word in the language, for to retire from what makes you what you are is to back up into the grave.

The worst death for anyone is to lose the center of his being, the thing he really is. Retirement is the filthiest word in the language. Whether by choice or by fate, to retire from what you do - and makes you what you are - is to back up into the grave.

is not a thing musicians do. Rather, they stop when there's no more music in them.

Musicians don't retire... they stop when there's no more music in them.

is like a long vacation in Las Vegas where the goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that one runs out of money.

Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you run out of money.

is taking on the role of no longer to possess one.

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

is of course great if one is busy, rich, and healthy, but it must be granted that, under those circumstances, work too is great.

Retirement, we understand, is great if you are busy, rich, and healthy. But then, under those circumstances, work is great too.

is a period of life requiring the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, to let go of the past, and to find peace and happiness within.

Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.

 finds enjoyment in the knowledge that one is able to drift through the day at one's own pace, easy in the knowledge that one has put hard work and achievement behind one.

It is one of the enjoyments of retirement that you are able to drift through the day at your own pace, easy in the knowledge that you have put hard work and achievement behind you.

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