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Originally Posted by Steve_R
Life is what you make it. I don't find it any less fun now, just different, and even better in some ways. YMMV.
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I don't disagree, despite my earlier post.
Upside: Being retired is okay, although I didn't like it the first couple years. After a lifetime of frugality, I enjoy spending money now.
Downside: Health problems, chronic or acute. When they're acute, any upsides of being old don't matter.
“When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.” -- Augusten Burroughs