I wanted to share my latest in the hopes its helpful for someone else. I recently received a call from someone I know about a company that needed someone with my background, skills and experience. I spoke with them and received a nice job offer package, which I've accepted. I was not actively looking for a new job and was content where I worked -- so why make this change? Putting aside the salary and title (both of which were improvements), my main driver for accepting this new job was to "ease out" gracefully and position myself for my retired future. I see myself wanting to have contract opportunities that I can accept or not depending on what I have going on. As of now, I feel this will keep me from getting bored and also bring in some money to pay for all the wonderful trips I envision taking once the pandemic ends. This new job is with a company that contracts with "experts" on an as needed basis, so going to work with them now, 2 years away from when I plan to retire, seems like the perfect thing to do. I've always been a career planner and this is how I see myself easing out.