Dick Clark deserves to live forever (something that cannot be said about Ted Jaracz).
I have heard the line about that they were not supposed to have grown up in this system. Once a mother with kids said that she wasn't supposed to have graduated from high school, and she had kids that themselves were getting old enough to graduate (and that was in the early 1990s). Then there was a person that didn't want to turn 40 in this system, and is now 48 as of this year. One person thought that 1995 for sure would not end in this system (it did). And there was a person that said, in 1988, that anyone getting disfellowshipped then wouldn't have time to return. That was false: I saw two people get disfellowshipped and return, twice, all within that time limit.
Definitely, if you haven't gotten ready for retirement, now might be a good time to start. Whether you are in your 20s or 60s, it pays to not take a pay cut now just so you can pioneer. If you do that, your Social Security is going to be much smaller than it would be if you stay full time. Everything you can save instead of donating to the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund is going to help you in the future, whether you save it as cash to spend then, or as Christmas decorations that will likely become heirlooms (and you will not have to buy more) when you get older. Children should go to college, unless they are very independent and/or have showbiz jobs where they are doing very well without. And you should plan on getting a job that maximizes your potential.