Ah, but you then started something else at which you were/are successful, right?
My $.02.
Yes, but then I quit that as well.
For retirement.
See? After every success comes a quitting, either because you've failed or you've conquered everything you can see. So what's the point of repetitively doing that?
Why not just sit back and relax and watch the world go by? Let the youngsters try to burn the world down with their ambition - we old retired farts know better.