Happiness is relative, what makes someone happy may make another person unhappy. But as for retired people being happy, it still depends on how prepared they are during their service timeI am actually wondering if the people you know are retired are actually happy with what they are doing, with the time they are investing in their activities. I am asking and wondering in the same time because I want to do different stuff than them, I want to retire earlier but not on a pension but on my own business salary, wouldn t you want the same?