Kari Johnston was preparing to retire for 45 years when he decided to start his own business at the age of 63 - a professional organization and organization service.

She read about collation and fascinated about collation and quickly created a website and advertised it. Her first client was a friend. Three and a half years later, Johnston of St Monans, of Fife, is now fully retired and is happy with the success of her new career.

"It's something I really like to do," she said. "I charge £30 per hour and most jobs last at least four hours. I can adapt to my work, walking dogs, taking care of our granddaughters, going on vacations and visiting family."

Johnston is the British who shares with the Guardian why they build their own business after they are over 60 years old.

According to Enterprise Nation, the number of self-employed individuals aged 60 and over aged 60 reached a record 991,432 in 2023, according to the digital community’s analysis of national statistics.

Many respondents said they have set up their own businesses to pursue creative passions or better lifestyles, often after decades of unsatisfied or stressed work.

Others say they have no other choice after becoming too vulnerable, or are unable to find jobs close to the state’s retirement age, and have complained about age discrimination several times.

While many say they have to keep working to stay financially, others say it is the option they choose to stay active and seek to achieve through entrepreneurship.

Johnston is a variety of people, and they say that time with people is more of a major driving force for building stores in an era when many of their peers are ready to exit the workforce.

“I like to meet all kinds of people who are connected to me,” she said. “I think the feeling of sorting will be completely different from care, but I actually offer some kind of therapy. It’s not about tea cups, it’s about how people feel about their stuff.

"Some people have a tendency to hoard, but you need to take care of it, not judge. I may be more satisfied with things in care now."

Geoff, 63, of Wedmore, Somerset, initially trained as a geologist and worked in software engineering and corporate sales. However, one of his great passions has always been biodiversity.

Carss began to consider better ways to measure biodiversity levels around the world, frustrated by the growing accuracy of the topic’s reports.

"It has to be easy to use, it has to work anywhere, and it is scalable," he said.

After much research, Automobile decided to set up a tech company and, with the help of its business partner, Lorenzo Trojan, developed a method to measure biodiversity using sound and AI.

"The aim is to better understand their impact on biodiversity by automatically analyzing the large number of recordings captured by Mini Recorders for land managers, ecologists, nature-based NGOs and others. Every three seconds, the AI ​​checks the recordings and then determines the sounds with sounds - robin, robin."

Carss said the interest in Wilder Sensing was "huge", and the company is now hiring other software engineers and business developers.

"It's a revelation for me, I've never done anything like this before. Building and leading a tech startup over 60 is very satisfying. It's crazy, but crazy. It's crazy. It's great, great, and very purposefully driven."

Sibylle Hyde, 62, from West London, aspired to be a creative desire, started his own business last year after retiring from teaching economics.

“I am a qualified interior decorator – I have been in courses since the 1990s. Since I love making curtains, blinds and interiors and riding a bike, I thought: ‘Why didn’t I become a curtain manufacturer for riding a bike?’’

Hyde started her local curtain making business in May, put some flyers around her and set up a website.

"I have a garage and a small workshop at home, and so far I've only spent about £1,200 on the tools: a trailer for my bike, and some tops on the tables from IKEA that I clamped together and lasted a long curtain."

"It is slowly picking up due to suggestions and some duplicate business. My weekly business is worth about £250, which is enough now. But I will 100% expand and hire staff if possible."

Although it took a long time to make custom Roman shutters from scratch, Hyde was very pleased with her new adventure.

“You need to be careful that work doesn’t affect your health, but for me it’s perfect and I love it. Cycling keeps me healthy and I love solving creative problems.

"I'm too young to go from 100 to zero. I'll do it as long as I can and am considering providing interior workshops for kids."

What is useful in retirement has also inspired Andrew Hall, 70, of Hexham, Northumberland, when his lab study career at Newcastle University ended in 2016.

“I’ve been exploring some reasons why children with cancer are resistant to treatment,” he said.

“When I retired from college, I felt like I still had some fuel in the tank and wanted to provide patients with rare cancers, with the option of connecting with academic research groups and pharmaceutical companies, and with new ideas that might help with treatment.”

Originally considered a charity, Hall decided to fund his services by seeking clinical trials from the company.

Hall set up his company Rarecan in 2020 with three colleagues and financial support from family, friends and angel investors.

Today, the platform offers a free trial matching service for nearly 2,000 registered patients, targeted advertising on social media and Google, and working with charities.

Hall said that the shops that were so late in life were “engrossing.” "This job is full-time, although more flexible than nine to five jobs. I feel very motivated and I finally work on my agenda."

After decades of career, Kath, 64, has enough corporate rat races. In 2022, she moved from Yorkshire to Blairgowrie, Perthshire, where she set up a sourdough at her home to help pay the bills.

"Since they changed the state pension age, I had no choice but to keep working and need something that suited my six-year-old twins (at the time of interviews) and their home-education. The bread was flexible and I decided when to make it and got up at five o'clock to bake it and bake it to the local store, around nine o'clock."

Kath lacks capital and support for the elderly and cannot rent commercial premises.

“The grant is for young people, and in Scotland, no one offers small workshops.

“Without a larger oven, working on a large scale is very difficult. I bake about 70 to 80 breads a week, each for sale for £4 a month.

Despite enjoying the bread making, engaging in physical work is still causing losses, Case said. “It’s a constant struggle, but on the other hand, you won’t be bullied by your boss and colleagues.

“I always wanted to be a baker and it was a very satisfying job, but I was mainly trying to bridge the time until the state pension age.

"You don't allow you to stop, so veterans, many of us have a second life."