Whenever I've seen this for different employers, to me, it looks sad.

Dearie took early retirement from his lst career where he was with his firm for over 30 yrs. He did well career-wise (meaning good, challenging roles) but when he left, he broke all his biz ties. ALL. No visits to his firm nor contacts.

He doesn't even want to mention that he worked for an oil firm for his present company that he set up for consulting on side. I dunno. I realize bikes and oil tanks don't jive, but anyway..

This type of role breakaway is just healthier. A person learns to transform themselves with their real personal passions that they are unable to pursue when working full-time. But then some people haven't figured out their personal passions. Better to do that many years before retirement.

It just floors me..a chief judge for a province that I know, retired a few years ago. He still does some legal work. I can't believe this because while he was the province's most top ranking judge, he was also oil painting landscapes on the side in his spare time. So already he had a personal passion and gift, that alot of people recognized, talked about, etc. One would walk into his office and it was this glowing gallery of at least 10 of his paintings. It was stunning. This website doesn't quite give the full impact when walking in office in person.
http://www.osgoodehall.com/mcmurtry4.html The style is impressionistic. He was pals with a major Canadian painter and did go on plein d'air trips to paint scenery.

I don't get it.