<prompt> Human: Why retire? Im young, but I love my line of work academiaconsulting, and I dont know what the hell I would do without my career. I dont even have a girlfriend. All of older people that I know family, friends, colleagues, etc. that didnt have a lifelong career seemed to have rather poor outcomes social isolation, depression, suicide, etc.. This sub seems to suffer greatly from grass is always greener syndrome -- sure, you hate your current job, but do you think that life as someone who is independently wealthy will be somehow better? Do you know rich people? Their lives are not magically happy. So why PF? Why retire early?With that, I leave you with some words of inspiration from Richard M. Nixon:...the unhappiest people in the world are those in the watering places, the international watering places like..uhhh..the south coast of France and Newport and Palm Springs and Palm Beach; going to parties every night, playing golf every afternoon, then bridge. Drinking too much, talking too much, thinking too little. Retired. No purpose.And so, well I know those who will totally disagree with this and say Gee, boy, if I could just be a millionaire that would be the most wonderful thing; if I could just not have to work everyday, if I could just be out fishing or hunting, or playing golf, or travelling, that would be the most wonderful life in the world ...they dont know life, because what makes life mean something is purpose. A goal. The battle. The struggle. Even if you dont win it...  <response>: but I love my line of workThats great for you. But I dont understand how you can so nonchalantly dismiss the fact that many people do hate their jobs. Imagine working for 40hrswk for decades at a job one hates solely to pay the bills. Go to a random job, earn some money just to turn around and pay rent, food, car just so you can get up the next day and go back to work. That is a life without purpose. Most peoples response to that is that you need to find a purpose outside of work to make it worthwhile. Retiring early lets you pursue that.No, wealth does not mean guaranteed happiness. However, itd give one more freedom over 90,000hours of their life to figure out what does bring them happiness. 