Right in the middle of this with 50 coming up this summer.  I stayed at home and home schooled my daughters full time and consulted part time.<p>With a divorce 5 years ago in the rear view mirror, years of being rather non-traditional and pursuing a fairly spiritual&#x2F;self-awareness focused path for most of my life I can feel pretty foolish at times.  Things I didn&#x27;t pursue as far as career and personal interests mostly bring up those uncomfortable feelings.<p>otoh - relationships with my daughters are improving as the oldest heads off to college. And there&#x27;s understanding connection with self and others that has come from all that inner work. Those two things feel like gold to me.<p>It&#x27;s the me that recognizes retiring may be for other people for rather pragmatic reasons that is the most troubled by the situation. Feeling a little late to starting a long deferred career in info security is just something my ego will have to get over.<p>I do take some comfort in my grandfather having lived to 98.  We&#x27;ll have to see how much opportunity there is for people in there 80s in 30 years. My guess is maybe quite a bit.  Gotta stay healthy to be able to do it though!