Leonard,
I once went to hear Buckminstr Fuller speak. I recall him say that free time allows a different kind of thinking. I believe this to be true.
In the work a day world there's often a problem/survival thinking that goes beyond your 8 hour day and permeates your every moment. This becomes more significant the more your responsibilities increase. That's why, at least in a sense, why it's hard to compare the hourly wages of those at the top and bottom of the pay scale.
Retired from 'the race' I am definitely free to think on another plane, to think about all kinds of different things that never fit in to my pre-RV life. This freedom is like walking thru a pine forest, the needles feel good under foot, the air is refreshing... all this freedom is relaxing to your brain...like childhood where you're on your back in the field doing
cloud shape recognition..
Another part of being on the road and it's a part that keeps many couples from going or at least enjoying it to it's fullest, is the leaving involvement in extended family and it's problems behind. You stop trying to bfe the fixer/rescuer, something that we generally fail at.
Except for true emergency situations I've come to recognize I can't fix anyone. Leaving this burden is freeing for me and in some measure can allow people, or maybe require, people to fix their own issues.
I once hired a guy from Iowa and moved him to CT. His entire family was in Iowa. He loved them dearly but quickly came to recognize it was freeing for him. Now he could choose when to go home versus the at least weekly duties of local family. (I know this paragraph will get me in trouble but it's worth consideration.)
Leonard I think there's a mental health freedom afforded by the rv lifestyle. Being concious of the possibility in a way allows it to be. Divoricing yourself from your past (not your life partner) can be freeing.
It certainly has added to my physicsl health as much as improved eating habits and exercise have helped us.
Many retired people go back to work in one way or another because they can not free themselves.
I hope this wasn't too strange. RVing for me has been a rebirth of sorts, a new shadow life walking among familiar places at time.... but free to see those clouds anew.