I posted this article.  Recently I decided that I would retire at 67 or 68. Currently I an 62. I have several reasons for that decision listed in highest priority order first:<p>1) My youngest will start college next year and will take 5 years to get an engineering degree because of coop work.  So for financial support for her college this is the primary driver.<p>2) I love my job. I work at a university and run their web sites.  I code, when time permits, and programming still gets me excited.  When I can get a stretch of time to focus on code I get into the flow and that is very satisfying.<p>3) I&#x27;m in relatively good health and my health is improving because of steps I have taken for just such an outcome.<p>4) I am afraid of retirement and boredom. I love to learn new things but I get bored really quickly and that is costly. If I keep investing money in new hobbies.<p>5) My wife is younger and she needs to keep working so she has health insurance.<p>For the older members of HN here I&#x27;m wondering what your thinking is on retirement.