Is It Possible to Retire From Thinking and Writing?

I have a strong sense that i am not answering the question. Would like to hear an answer. No, i'm not looking for anything other than this. This is just great. I realize that it's probably not a reasonable expectation to walk into a conversation and ask you to give some kind of a sweeping generalization about what it is to live a good life. We all sort of have to find that out on our own. It was fun being around smart people who wanted to take up some new trade. And i was ino very down home about it. That's what this was, a new trade.