I think retirement is a pipe dream...

I'm an elementary school teacher who happens to be 60.
God's been good and I am very healthy. I feel I have the same energy and enthusiasm as I did 20 years ago. I say all this to lead up to the topic of feeling bored once a person is retired.
I PERSONALLY think that would be me. I'd miss the kids and being part of the exciting elementary school environment.
When we have a week off and my wife has to work at her office job.....that week goes so slowly. If she and I retire together ....sure we could travel more....but we currently have a combined income of $135,000 and when we retired it will become more modest than that. I have a 401k that has tanked during the Biden years....and I'll get a pension. The longer I work...the bigger my monthly pension check will be.
Anyway, even though my wife is younger than me, she might retire first. I just can't picture myself "retired" every day....every year....year after year. Nope...I can't.
I think I am personally better off staying in my teaching job as long as I'm healthy and enthusiastic.

It tanked at times during the Trump years also…..Also it hasn’t really tanked in any permanent or meaningful sense….the market is slowly rebounding and will continue to do so IMO, if you are taking out monthly withdrawals it will be just a distant memory at some point…..the best way to look at it is you are buying low right now!!!!

People get so focused on the short term and it leads to lack of discipline, a total misunderstanding of how this all works and much, much more….

If you are still working because you love your work then good for you….