When I started working (in my early 20s) and started financial planning, my planner asked me what age I wanted to retire. He used his most non-judgemental straight face (bless the man) and matter-of-fact tone to respond to me when I replied "30".
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He helped me see that a reasonably attainable (while still ambitious) target could be 40, and with a buffer, 45. The life choices I made after that, however, ensured that that would remain a pipe dream.
It's not that I wanted to laze after that age. I just didn't want a salaried job past the age of retirement, or to worry about earning money.
