[cappyjon431]

When my wife and I sold our business in Panama we felt we were ready to retire. We worked 12+ hours a day, 6-7 days a week for many years to make the business successful, but once we sold we were literally exhausted. We had worked hard and put ourselves in a position where we felt financially able to slow down and relax. We were able to wisely invest, we paid cash for our home, and we live debt free.

For my wife, it wasn't a month before she felt she needed to work, so she went back to her earlier career and went back to nursing. I think nurses are a special breed and I do understand her desire to go back to a career that she loved (she gave up nursing when we bought our business in Panama).

I lasted a little longer, but after six months of "retirement," (not exactly because I did substitute teach about a dozen times in the last six months) I find myself missing working everyday and the pride I take in doing a good job and earning an honest day's pay.

There is a lot to do in TV and I am heavily involved in a number of activities and clubs, but there is something that feels "missing." Is this a normal feeling? Perhaps I am too young to retire (I am 50).