I plan to work as little as possible. IF at all, it'll be part time. I have had several people tell me..."YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO RETIRE!!" To which I say.......BULL SH**!! I ask...WHEN should one rtire?? When too crippled to work? We too old to halfway enjoy some retired life ? As a Firefighter, I am DAMN lucky that cancer has not found me yet. Mentally, I feel 20 years old but the past 33 + years of my job has aged me physically. Being under so much stress for so long has burned me out. I have a SCREW IT attitude to a lot of things these days. It might just be perspective after seeing so much. And then.....What has REALLY punched me in the gut...In just the last 8 years, I have lost all three of my immediate family, my Step Dad and two of my closest friends. One being my VERY best friend. Life is short and getting shorter RAPIDLY. I have told my Wife we WILL scale back and retire ASAP. I make no apologies when I say I'm ready right now.