CMV: There's no point in retirement

Assuming that a person doesn't work in a setting where physical labor is involved, and actually loves his/her job, I simply don't understand the point of retirement at all. I can understand that beyond a certain age, you become physically and mentally unable to work efficiently, but it's certainly not around 60 (at least that what the standard retirement age is at most places).

I have come across many people who work around the sole aim of early retirement. Their reasons are as follows...

1. Spend more time with kids, grand-kids: Why? Kid will be involved in a lot of things by that time, and grandkids will be in a world of their own. They will just see you as an irritation.

2. See the world, do the activity you always wanted to do: You can do that even with your job. No need to retire.

3. Escape from the stress of a job: There are many stress management strategies that can be effectively used to counter that. Retirement isn't the answer.

I believe that instead of retirement, people should focus on finding the job that they'd love. Moreover, retirement makes you reply on pension, which doesn't seem like a great idea in recent times. Keeping on working seems to be a better way to secure your finances.

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