I can’t quarrel with most of what you wrote … but for me, at least, life truly began the day I shook my boss’s hand and walked out the door, leaving a job that I was proud of—and entering retirement, where I could now throw myself into everything that I truly loved, not for financial reward, but for personal fulfillment. I feel like I am back in my twenties (if I could only get rid of that effin mirror!) and I highly recommend it to all!