I been working as a consulting engineer and will turn 62 in February. I have been on a glidepath to retirement and currently work 30 hours per week. Trying to decide whether to go to 20 hours and continue to receive benefits (most importantly health insurance), or just quit altogether and pay for health insurance. Wife and I are in decent shape, but paying out of pocket is looking ugly. I will have things to do, house needs 30 years of deferred maintenance and wife wants a new giant deck. I hate to admit it, but the cars just dont have the same lure for me anymore. Maybe with more time things will change. two grown daughters, but no grandkids, and nothing on the horizon. Figure I have maybe fifteen years of ability to do stuff -grandfather lived to 100 and was physically active into his late eighties. Mom and Dad are in their mid-eighties and will demanding alot more of my time shortly. There are three of us kids, so not on my own with that, but still hard to watch them going down. I do dread the idea of downsizing and losing my garage. Dont know why, but fixing stuff is what I like and take pride in. Losing that ability would really suck.
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