You Can ‘Unretire,’ but It Might Cost You lifehacker.com You Can ‘Unretire,’ but It Might Cost You Jeff Somers 5–6 minutes Retirement is one of those life stages that seems inevitable. From an early age, it’s pounded into us: You have to save for retirement, and you have to plan for retirement, which pretty much implies that you have to retire . And after a few decades spent working in order to pay the bills, retirement certainly becomes increasingly tempting. But retirement doesn’t work for everybody. A lot of people suffer from boredom and depression after retiring; it’s easy to lose your sense of identity and purpose, your plans might not work out the way you expected , and the sudden influx of free time can be overwhelming. And no matter how carefully you plan your retirement, there are many, many ways your money may not stretch as far as you thought, and you might find yourself in a b