re: Do any retirees “miss” work?

I don’t miss what I was doing. I want to work somewhere that uses skills I have built up and where I can contribute. I pretty much focused on work and am a bit of workaholic. I have transitioned from full to part time and then no time over 2 years. It takes getting used to and it helps me to still stay busy but I do what I want almost all the time. In that time frame we have also been busy helping our mothers deal with becoming widows plus volunteer at a charity. Like others have said , be sure you don’t want to work or be with those people. The people is the only thing i miss. And I call them occasionally. And yes busier than before because there is more I want to do.