I retired just before my 55th birthday and I too had been a workaholic.
Time off recovering from a heart attack changed me, while I was home the sun was warm, grass green and sky blue and I wondered why I was doing it. When I returned to work I went part time.
2 1/2 years ago I took voluntary redundancy so I had a years money to see me through. Two days later I had a zero hour job and earnt £4,670 that year but spent on "myself" £4,188.
It was the best thing I have done for many many years, I have no regrets and don't give the job a second thought. I was worried about money when I left but a pension sees me through.
If you can afford to leave and you have something to occupy your time, give retiring serious consideration. Lockdown has been great for the wife and I as it has given us the thing we seem to lack, time at home.
If it were not for lockdown I would have spent the last weeks helping with DIY at my daughters "new" home and so many jobs at home would not have gotten done.
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