If you had done all that at 56 vs. 36 would it be viewed differently? I sort of think so. All the people I know who retired from a long career in X, started collecting pension, and then started up a co singing gig in Y are usually still considered retired. I can see how people would take better to the “sabbatical followed by 4 years work and then retire for good” line.
I personally think you can refer to yourself as whatever you want. ;)
+1!
retired means what, exactly?
True around here but we've all seen the negative articles (oh so many) that trash an early retiree who doesn't follow the traditional retirement rules of never working again. That's even true of anyone who has a traditional retirement of 65 or later.
Are they actually trashing the person - or just quibbling about definitions?
I can't say I've seen anything trashing people*, although I have seen a few things were people are really tied into what does
term1 or
term2 actually mean - and that is an interesting phenomenon on the internet.
In face to face communication, seems that people would just stop and say - what do you mean by
term1? I consider
term1 to be x and y but not z and you consider it x, y, and z. And after clarifying - they move on with the conversation. But on the internet, Term1 Wars rage.
Who cares if someone uses different definitional meanings than you do?
*except for the big proponents who are out there advocating their views, and in that case, the trash talking goes both ways from what I've see.