My 87-year-old father still works, and I'm 62 with no plans to retire. We believe working gives us purpose.

The author (right) and her father (left) both plan on working well beyond retirement. Courtesy of Phillippe Diederich My father is 87 and still works as a writer and teacher. At 62, I'm a content creator and writer with no plans to retire. We both want to work for many more years because it gives us so much more than a paycheck. Every time someone I know retires, my stomach drops. It feels as if retirement could be contagious. I'm a 62-year-old woman living in Florida, a retirement haven, a...