re: Retired folks, how long did you work

I retired 3 years ago at age 57. My wife retired 13 years ago at age 46. We were poor growing up. I started my own neighborhood lawn care business at age 6, when my dad showed me how to use a lawn mower. He had me mowing our yard and then told me to get out there and knock on every door in the neighborhood asking if I could cut their grass. The going rate averaged $2 a yard. Ever since then I was an entrepreneur. Met my wife in highschool. I was working part time at a hardware store and doing all kinds of handyman work in rich neighborhoods as a side job. My wife eventually ran a very lucrative eBay business while I started a windshield business. I was very good and lucky with investing in the stock market and later in crypto and between all that had plenty of money to retire. Now have a nice lake place in a perfect small town, we have great friends and neighbors, and we get out and have fun every day, not answering to anyone.