The latest twist in the ‘Great Resignation’: Retiring but delaying Social Security

For example, Marilyn, who spoke about her employment situation on the condition that her last name be withheld, said she had never expected to be able to quit her job at age 65. But during the pandemic, she paid off her car with stimulus checks and watched her nest egg grow as her expenses plummeted. She no longer had to commute, eat out or buy work clothes. She saved even more by growing her own corn, tomatoes, cabbage and kale in her backyard garden in Laurel, Md.