Many senior citizens are returning to the workforce due to spiraling inflation and the high cost of living on the Monterey Peninsula. However, experts say that there are other ancillary benefits if you enjoy the work. “Working longer is going to be a really powerful lever to increase the money available in retirement, because you’re not drawing down your savings and it gives you more of an opportunity to save, Anqui Chen of the Boston College Center for Retirement Research, told AARP Bulletin (June 2022 Issue, page 28). The University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study (HRS) which has been tracking people over 50 years old for decades, found it “pretty strongly shows that continuing to work has benefits for cognitions,†Amanda Sonnega, associate research scientist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, told AARP Bulletin. A University of Maryland Study of more than 12,000 retirees found
