Early retirement neighborhood is aware of all too nicely in regards to the another 12 months syndrome. Even with greater than sufficient nest egg to final a lifetime, some nonetheless compel to remain within the workforce. The Economist tries to supply a proof on what drive folks to work so laborious: “Working successfully at a great job builds up our identification and esteem within the eyes of others. We cheer one another on, we share in (and quietly remorse) the successes of our associates, we lose contact with folks past our community. Spending our leisure time with different skilled strivers buttresses the notion that arduous work is a part of the nice life and that the sacrifices it entails are those who an honest individual makes. That is what a category with a robust sense of identification does: it effortlessly recasts the group’s distinguishing vices as virtues.” (1843magazine.com)