I retired from my "real" job at 41. I ended up as a magazine editor and writer. I ended up as a Cat 1 racer with a bunch of jersey saying "you don't suck". I nearly got eaten by a 700 lb Mako shark. I traveled. I coached. I moved money around. I made friends. I cooked for my wife and wake up every day pissed off that someday one of us won't be there at dinner. I did stuff for my niece. This is a very short list of what I've been doing over the last decade. It no doubt misses a lot, both the highs and lows.
I guess the best answer to all your questions is "I lived".
Tomorrow I might get run over a block from the house.
"So it goes"