Retiree At 67 Considers Going Back To Work: 'It Just Feels Like I'm Twiddling My Thumbs Waiting For Illness, Dementia, Or Death'
Yahoo Finance·2025-09-17 06:30
For many Americans, retirement is imagined as a well-deserved reward — years of freedom after decades of work. But for some, the transition can feel less like a vacation and more like a loss of purpose. That's what one 67-year-old retiree shared in a recent post on Reddit's r/retirement forum. After leaving his job in July, he admitted he's already rethinking the decision. "I feel I’m just doing make-do tasks to fill in the hours and not really accomplishing anything with my life," he wrote. "Right now, ...