What even is retirement?

There are lots of ways to be financially independent. Photo by Nicolas Tissot on Unsplash

Many Americans, when they hear the word “retirement”, picture old people on rocking chairs. That may have been the way people retired in the mid-20th century, but that’s not really what it looks like today.

“I can’t wait to retire so I can get up at 6 o’clock in the morning and go drive around really slow and make everybody late for work.” —…