“With the duckets that I now have safe, I think I will retire at 66 years of age, praise God, in good health.”
— Winslow Homer
Famous American landscape painter Winslow Homer planned to retire at age 66 because he felt he had accumulated sufficient funds for retirement. That’s actually a bit later than the average American retires. Our average retirement age was recently 63. If you’re thinking of retiring in your early 60s, think your situation through carefully, because there are lots of reasons not to retire before age 66.