Your first comment about laurels seemed misplaced, but this is right on. Keep active in projects, whether for money or other. I see people without projects and it's depressing/sickening to see them waste time every day with nothing accomplished.

No argument on staying active. POAL is my downfall. I spend too much time here and news junkying.

I've seen a few guys only live a couple of years after retiring too. Just in my own family my grandfather died at 65, just a couple of months after retiring. My father died at 50 never having the opportunity to retire. So I lived my life thinking I might not live past 50. I'm thankful I've blown well past that and no medical issues yet. I quit my engineering career in 2004 and made my real wealth immediately after, working passively for myself developing land and I have essentially been "retired" (other than managing my passive RE corporations) for nearly 20 years. My BP numbers dropped about 50pts each without meds just from leaving the semiconductor rat race. It looks like I will get to sponge up all of that retirement time dad and grand dad never got plus my own. That's a big win in my book, I'm already sailing into what I spent most of my life thinking would be extreme stretch goal territory. I just need a significant other to really enjoy the extra time with. I met a fit looking cashier gal at a local store a few days ago. Said she was from Southern Florida, just moved up here a few months ago. I'd swear she was hitting on me. She interjected into the conversation that she and her boyfriend broke up 3 days earlier. She said she was 37 when I didn't ask ... Lol! Probably just looking for a stable sugar daddy, IDK. I might have to go back to that store and buy myself something for Christmas...