Um, yeah, I’m being sarcastic.  I know.  You’re shocked.

Judith Mbuya’s article in The Washington Post is just one more in a slew of articles I’ve been reading about retirees who are (a) financially secure and (b) aren’t “retiring.”

For many people, retirement is a time to start a second career. Some set out to build a lucrative new business. Others seek to develop lifelong hobbies into money-making enterprises. Still others see retirement as an opportunity to give something back to society.

A recent report by the Pew Research Center found that 77 percent of workers expect to work after retirement. And most of those people will work not because they have to but because they want to. Here are the tales of three people who followed their hearts to serve the community.

An orthodontist (retired at age 45), a phys ed teacher (retired at age 50), and a university professor (retired at age 59)…all embarking on second (and in the orthodontist’s case, third) careers.  Careers that don’t necessarily serve them financially, but serve society.

I would love to have people like this in Erie…people with ideas, ambition, and a desire to give back.  Oh yeah, and they have money, too…so they wouldn’t be this terrible burden on society that so many prattle on about when talking about “retirees.”

September 14th, 2007 | Category: Erie, National, Pennsylvania | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL