Actor Peter Graves died at the age of 83, just shy of his 84th birthday.
His publicist said he was still looking for work after 60 years in the acting business.
I have friends in their 70’s and 80’s who still speak professionally (friends Jim Tunney and Art Holst for example), not because they must for financial reasons but because they want to for personal satisfaction. More importantly, they are doing their best work in their latter years.
The truly greats in any profession rarely ever retire in the traditional sense. They may work less and/or differently but they continue to seek work in areas they love and make contributions with their skills and expertise.
I have had the same perspective of never retiring, especially when I checked and found retirement is not mentioned in the Bible.
Have you ever been curious about the age 65 retirement everyone takes for granted? Age 65 is actually politically motivated. It came about from the German Kaiser Bismarck, while he was Kaiser, who realized all his political opponents were over the age of 65. That was when he mandated age 65 as the retirement age. Wipe out your competition and the political office remains yours.
My retirement will be when God calls me to heaven. Since “retiring” from every day work, schedules and deadlines, I have found new enjoyment in selecting what I want to do and when I want to do it. At 80 I still keep up with current business books and topics and teach, write, paint and keep a busy schedule enjoying each day to the fullest! Herb