Fewer than 40% of American workers follow what's called the standard pattern of retiring directly and completely from a full time job. The rand study also found that seniors who had better cogn ability, we're more likely to follow the non standard retirement pathways. There's like a honeymoon period after retiring but cognitive decline doesn't begin immediately after retiring.
How do you know when it’s the right time to retire? What does a “good” retirement look like? And will Stephen and Angela ever really hang up their hats?