That's true. Some people work to live -like me , and others LIVE to WORK. Many of the older generations really loved their work and often when they did finally retire, they died within a few months. I worked with a man Mr. Stevens that finally retired from the prison we worked at when he was 62 and within 2 months he was on oxygen and had a cane. Another 4 months and he was dead. So within 6 months he went from someone that climbed over 57 steps a day to get into the gun tower, then back down , drove a periguard vehicle for 3 hours and then climbed another 57 steps to do his last 3 hours, and then down in a 12 hour shift, to death within 6months after he retired.
Another example was another guy who worked with me in the gun towers who was around 65, Mr. Whipkey. HE worked even when he was sick and did the same climbing of 57 steps and down etc, and one day he called to the supervisor and said he didn't feel well. She of course was a complete douche bag and didn't send anyone to relieve him for over 4 hours. When I finally got him down from the picket and into the state vehicle , he was having a heart attack. Of course this same supervisor decided to send him to the prison infirmary -where they can't treat the staff, only the inmates. He died within minutes while waiting for an ambulance to get to him from the backgate. Now if she hadn't of slow-bucked getting him relieved , he might of had a 4 hour window to get some help. But instead he refused to leave his post or to try to go over her head, because he was afraid of jeopardizing his job. That work attitude was finally what did him in .