Yea. Having a purpose and bonding with other people on the way to achieving it are underrated elements of being working age.

If you're not conscious about it in retirement, it's easy to just do nothing, waste away, and find out many years too late. You actually need different ingredients to feel satisfied.

You can still have a purpose and achieve things, just not for the money

I may or may not. But tell us more about what your experience was in that two years I'm curious.