[qweiopqweiop]

You didn't retire at all if you still were running a startup surely? You just had multiple jobs and quit one.

[jedberg]

I retired in the sense that I was in complete control of my time and had no active income, living off of assets alone.

[HendrikHensen]

It's honestly a bit confusing to use words to mean things that they don't generally mean.

Retirement has the definition to stop working. One could argue that another definition may be that you reach an older age and start receiving pension payouts (regardless of whether you keep working or not).

But having a passive income alone simply doesn't mean retirement.

[Angostura]

You switched jobs to childcare