How Long Should I Work Before Retirement?

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I am 56 and I am hanging on to my job by a thread. I am hoping I can hang in there until I am 62. Or maybe until I'm 60 and try to wing it. Anyway I'm sick of wondering if I will have a job. I have a BA and two more years of college beyond that. I have always done "grunt work" I haven't been treated well. I'm in a state where I don't want to be. I moved to help my mother and I don't want to stay here until I'm 67. I won't be living alone in retirement--I'll have roommates. What good is higher pay if I'm to old to enjoy it. My mother retired at 62 and had 10 or 11 quality years. I'd hate to think what she would have had if she retired at 70. I want to be young enough to enjoy retirement. I plan to work part time for the early part of my retirement.

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patrichwilliams of CA 2:14PM May 11, 2012

Spoken like a person who has a long time to go before retirement. It should never be a money decision first, it should always be a quality of life issue first. If you retire at 65 and have $10,000,000 to live on but your quality of life is only estimated to be 5 years (look at your parents for help on this one) then just think _ I have $10,000,000 to really live for anothr 5 years? Adjusting your standard of living is the first and best approach to a long enjoyable life.

Steve Scukanec of CA 10:28AM February 13, 2012