no contest on the first part, but can you enlighten on what is the purpose of life?

What point are you trying to make?

Point being that at no point in your life are you bound to be defined by "job"-"retirement" state transition.

Shed it already.

	▲	lm28469 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		When your job and commute is 70% of your awake time I can assure you are very well defined by your job