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At 60 years old, Pat Burton did the opposite of what most men would do, he retired and started right back up again. Instead of becoming a bored retiree, Burton, a former engineer, found a new passion in <a href="https://handandstonefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=deseret-news-heres-why-a-utahn-retired-all-to-work-again-2706546" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hand &amp; Stone Massage and Facial Spa</a>. <a href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900018483/out-of-the-saddle-and-right-back-in.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=deseret-news-heres-why-a-utahn-retired-all-to-work-again-2706546" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deseret News</a> caught up with Burton as he shared his path from waiting for&nbsp;work be over to finding&nbsp;fulfillment&nbsp;in running his own business.&nbsp;

&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t set my alarm anymore,&rdquo; Burton said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have to get up, I want to get up. I&rsquo;m not constantly looking at the clock. I feel younger.&rdquo; And since opening for business, he&rsquo;s felt his worry lessen considerably. &ldquo;Now my attitude is, &lsquo;This is going to work,&rsquo;&rdquo; he says, as opposed to fearing that it would not.

And Burton hasn&#39;t looked back since making the move to <a href="https://handandstone.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=deseret-news-heres-why-a-utahn-retired-all-to-work-again-2706546" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hand &amp; Stone</a> saying&nbsp;&nbsp;&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t plan to ever stop. As long as I&rsquo;m healthy and I can do something, I&rsquo;m going to keep doing it. But if I want to take off a little earlier in the afternoon, or take a day off now and then, I want to be able to do that, too.&rdquo;

<a href="https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900018483/out-of-the-saddle-and-right-back-in.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=deseret-news-heres-why-a-utahn-retired-all-to-work-again-2706546" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the full story.&nbsp;

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