re: Do any retirees “miss” work?

I've wondered about this myself. I'm retiring in 4 years (at 54) and plan to take a year-long vacation immediately. Half will probably be the CONUS in my travel trailer and the other half in SE Asia, Central/South America, and the Caribbean. If I get bored with it, I'll probably come back and go back to work. I'm a SRO and Texas is going to start putting SROs on every campus, including elementary schools. I could work an elementary SRO gig for about $70K and still be on a school schedule with the week of Thanksgiving, 2 weeks at Christmas, Spring Break, all holidays, and the entire summer off.