Reasons to maintain the career, in no particular order:

1. Make more gifts
2. Replace old cars with new
3. Make it possible for Ran to retire sooner
4. Use surplus savings for retirement travels
5. Pay-off this house mortgage ($160,000 needed)
6. Provide self-insurance for long-term health & welfare
7. Expect higher cost of living (price rises from scarcities, new products & services, inflation)
8. Upgrade to bigger house (difference in cost, new furniture, moving expenses, more property tax, closing costs, better security, etc.)

Baked salmon-spinach rolls, winter squash soup, tempurah stirfry -- Ummm!