I worked 43.5 years before I quit at the end of 2021 at 59 and a half years. Age 16 to 59.5. Just collected my first social security check this month at age 62. So two pension checks of mine + one pension check of my wife and my social security. Two more years she will collect her social security. We own our house and car and no debt.
I worked at Safeway for 12 years as a kid and got a small union pension. I worked at various grocery stores in management and retail and restaurants management and convenience store management for three years. Then worked 17 and a half years at TDCJ state prison system and got a state pension I have been collecting since 2011 and worked private security the last 11 years.
I am in such better shape now that I go to the Ymca every day and work out with weights and cardio. Also sleep better now and go to bed by 10pm every night and up by 6:30am. When I was working two jobs there for about 3 years there I was lucky to get 6 hours of sleep. Love RETIREMENT.