^^^ This ^^^
I no longer have to think about getting up for work at 04.25,no stress wondering if I''ll be alright commuting 15 miles in the ice & snow at at 05.15 in the morning.
One thing I did back in 2017 was take a 13 week sabatical,(I was going to pack it in the year before but agreed to stay if I got the next Summer off).
The 13 weeks started with the TT & finished after the Classic TT.When I went back to work I told them that I didn't miss the place,it also told me that I should finish as soon as I could afford to.One thing that surprised me when I took the sabatical was that I stopped mountain biking,I think Saturdays spent on the mountain bike were some kind of stress relief from the working week,I also realised how much I dreaded driving,bit of a problem for a Supermarket Trucker
Retirement's not for everyone,that sabatical gave me a good idea that it was something that would work for me