Retirement delayed and broke anyway

[DFW]

94. And, I, for my part, cannot imagine retiring at 71. Different strokes for different folks.

I have never had another job, period (just moved up in rank a bit).

My two superiors (no one higher up than they) feel the same way. One is my age (71) and the other is 73. They both have plenty of money, and could retire, but they both say, "THEN what would I do?" And they're in Dallas. I'm in Düsseldorf, but also in Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, Zürich, München and Utrecht, and a LOT of nearby etc. Yeah, I run myself ragged, but if it gets to be too much, if I feel like telling everyone else to wait because I'm chilling out for a week, then it's up to me if I want to chill out for a week.

My wife retired early at 60. She loved her job, but hated the jerk she was working under. She has less free time now than she did when she was working. I know retirement doesn't mean you are obligated to turn into a vegetable. I just fear that I would turn into a vegetable.