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> Better find yourself a job which you'd be happy doing even if you could never retire, and build some happy / healthy / harmonious lifestyle around it.

How many people have such jobs though? For example, I wonder how many people stay in their jobs past retirement age (and not because they need the money)? I suspect it's a tiny fraction.

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Your experience may be different, but I know surprisingly many such people in my circles. Usually engineers, doctors and other white-collar workers, who got to the point where their job is more satisfying than stressful. They don't do it for the money, but to socialize and to have a purpose in life.

Do they see themselves working after retirement age? Work may have some entertainment value, but there are so many other options available for that in one's free time - and those options are unburdened by the unpleasant aspects that every job has.

I meant people already past their retirement age, in their 60s and 70s. What are the options for them? They would get bored to death (sometimes literally) if they stayed home and watched TV.

I'm in my 30s and I've been really struggling to find something both enjoyable and meaningful besides work, and maybe gym.

> those options are unburdened by the unpleasant aspects that every job has.

Anything worth pursuing has some unpleasant aspects.

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