Originally Posted by
bud16415
I don’t think people should work and do nothing but work and the guy that worked and wants to enjoy his retirement on the road is entitled to every second of it doing whatever makes him happy. The same for the person that fits their pleasure of a biking lifestyle in every free moment they can. My point is if we all said let’s enjoy life in whatever way makes us the happiest and start when we are young and go as long as we can, and do nothing but that, the things that would make us happy wouldn’t be there to make us happy without someone else providing them.
Things don't have to be so black and white as your trailing sentence of "start when we are young and go as long as we can...".
I've been fortunate to save up for an extended trip living below my means. I've been fortunate and grateful to have taken some extended trips along the way including the current trip I expect to be ~18 months or so. If one waits until traditional retirement age or even early retirement one might discover you are no longer physically able to make such an extended trip - so I'd rather mix having a year or two off along the way coupled with perhaps working a year or two more at the end...than getting so wrapped in work for 40 years of 2-week vacations.