I'm always jealous or the retired. Not to sound like an arse but I have a brother that was given 3 months to live. I am taking care of his affairs, and he is leaving me a sizeable retirement. I found out I can keep his 401k and take distributions for 10 years, which would get me to the age of 66 with plenty of money. I feel like a butthead because he kept scrimping and saving after his retirement because he was afraid of running out of money, but he is encouraging me to get out and enjoy life with it. I always wanted to take him on a trip, driving along route 66 in a rented muscle car, but alas now he can't do it. The wife and I do well for ourselves, but we would like to retire earlier rather than later. Too many people we know never got to enjoy the fruits of all of their years of labor.
The thing I look forward to most in retirement is being able to stay up late and then sleep in late lol. Right now I'm in bad at 9:00 and up at 5:00. I might still get up early in retirement, but at least it won't be the alarm telling me to.