A lot of people don’t know how to be happy. They don’t how to retire either. IMO, that’s why you see so many rote answer regarding retirement, “I’d like to travel” from people that largely haven’t traveled before or if they describe it what they really describe is the ability to float from one Four Seasons resort to another without having to worry about paying for it.
Basically, they’re looking for fulfillment outside of themselves in purchases. I think the thought of sitting around for a weekend with their own family without a slew of distractions pending terrifies a large portion of our ‘successful’ populace.
