KW>I'm going to be retiring in the somewhat near future, want to be able to
  >enjoy my retirement without self-inflicted health issues hampering that
  >time.

Yes, a lot of people wait until they are too old and in bad shape to
retire and basically end up having worked their whole life just to
leave money to their family, if they managed to accumulate some.

I haven't worked for anyone else since I was 32. I planned to retire
fairly comfortably by age 55 but things happen. I quit a job I'd had
for 6 years expecting to work for the competition after an offer of
pay 50% higher than I was currently getting.. Long story short, I
had some time off between jobs and found I could make enough money
from investing to live on, so I figured I'd wait a while to go back
to full time work.. I never did.. I did some part time self employed
work and made enough that I could let my investments grow without
touching most of it.

It was a simple (cheap?) life but I liked it for the most part..
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