Earl Hall worked for 27 years as a city attorney for Lauderhill where he still lives with his wife. But he’s only partially retired, he says. He now owns the handcrafted boutique furniture store, Hallwood Artisans, where he’s the sole laborer.

Calls for better work-life balance continue to grow within the practice of law. Pursuing a legal career can throw that balance off at times. With only so much time, being a lawyer may leave behind personal passions.

Those passions may lay dormant for years, or even entire careers. But they never completely go away. The repeated mantra of procrastination, “I’ll get to that later,” can stretch for decades. However, one man is showing that even after retirement, it’s never too late to get right back into the thick of things.