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I work at home so there’s no commuting stress. There’s no stress from co-workers either. I start early and call it quits early. My role is global so I do check emails when it’s convenient for *me*. Again, no stress. I love my job so there’s that also. I’m 6 years older than my wife who loves her job and won’t likely retire until she’s 60. So, I work mostly for the joy but the pay ain’t bad either. If I want to run to the gym or run an errand in the middle the day, I go. No stress.
I also just got word of my bonus yesterday. It was double what I expected and it’s enough to pay for the new 400-500 ft well which we need to drill for our retirement home. See how old people think? Lol
I can’t wait to retire. Building a new home, getting 10 acres organized, it’s going to be a big project and big fun. But, it’s not quite time yet. We love our life as it stands now.
I work at home so there’s no commuting stress. There’s no stress from co-workers either. I start early and call it quits early. My role is global so I do check emails when it’s convenient for *me*. Again, no stress. I love my job so there’s that also. I’m 6 years older than my wife who loves her job and won’t likely retire until she’s 60. So, I work mostly for the joy but the pay ain’t bad either. If I want to run to the gym or run an errand in the middle the day, I go. No stress.
I also just got word of my bonus yesterday. It was double what I expected and it’s enough to pay for the new 400-500 ft well which we need to drill for our retirement home. See how old people think? Lol
I can’t wait to retire. Building a new home, getting 10 acres organized, it’s going to be a big project and big fun. But, it’s not quite time yet. We love our life as it stands now.
21 years in the workforce here so far, starting at 16 part time while in school; then mostly full time 32-40 hours a week while in college. I’ve had the chance to work lousy, low pay jobs in and out of school, and later, professional jobs where I moved up some; but I’m just overall burnt out. I have 25-28 years left, and I don’t know how I’m going to do it. I just don’t care about work anymore, nor do I want to move up with any additional responsibilities. Thankfully, this job has a pension program, and if I keep it up and manage to stay here, I might be able to retire at 62.
Recently, I had a day off mid-week. I slept in, went to lunch with the in-laws, took a ride on a beautiful day, mowed the lawn, and I felt super productive and accomplished just doing those simple things. Sitting in an office 8 hours a day when one can do their job in 2-3 hours is soul crushing. Talk about feeling trapped. Being laid off with a severance at one point prior just spoiled me by giving me a glimpse of what total freedom feels like.
Now, excuse me while I catch up on some C-D posts as my work is caught up and I need to get to the end of the workday.
21 years in the workforce here so far, starting at 16 part time while in school; then mostly full time 32-40 hours a week while in college. I’ve had the chance to work lousy, low pay jobs in and out of school, and later, professional jobs where I moved up some; but I’m just overall burnt out. I have 25-28 years left, and I don’t know how I’m going to do it. I just don’t care about work anymore, nor do I want to move up with any additional responsibilities. Thankfully, this job has a pension program, and if I keep it up and manage to stay here, I might be able to retire at 62.
Recently, I had a day off mid-week. I slept in, went to lunch with the in-laws, took a ride on a beautiful day, mowed the lawn, and I felt super productive and accomplished just doing those simple things. Sitting in an office 8 hours a day when one can do their job in 2-3 hours is soul crushing. Talk about feeling trapped. Being laid off with a severance at one point prior just spoiled me by giving me a glimpse of what total freedom feels like.
Now, excuse me while I catch up on some C-D posts as my work is caught up and I need to get to the end of the workday.
How many more years is that? I feel for you; you sound so miserable!
I think a lot of us with white-collar jobs have too much time on our hands, but I can always manage to make good use of it and entertain myself. Like this, for instance.
I know a few people who hate the idea of retirement and plan on working until they drop dead, and I guess I never have understood that mentality.
I've always hated work. I can't stand waking up before dawn, fighting traffic, the mind-numbing banality of office work, irritating coworkers and their drama, a-hole bosses, and deep down knowing that what I do doesn't really matter. It's all meaningless paper shuffling.
Of course I do a great job, but that's only because I'm being paid. I'm not intrinsically motivated at work, and I never look forward to it.
Retirement is a time of freedom when I can more or less do what I want. Traveling around the country in an old minivan, spending however long I want at the different national parks, is my plan. I love nature and would never get tired of hiking around. That's my idea of fun, not stressing out in a miserable cubicle.
Being laid off with a severance at one point prior just spoiled me by giving me a glimpse of what total freedom feels like.
I lost a job in the middle of "the crash," in 2010, and got unemployment as well as a good chunk of severance pay. I also had quite a bit in savings, so I wasn't hurting financially. I had a similar feeling as you. I remember visiting the park in the morning and then going to the gym in the middle of the day while hardly anyone was there, lifting weights, running on the treadmill, and then soaking for a nice long while in the hot tub. I thought "Gee, this is nice. No more crabby bosses, no more irritating coworkers, no more pressure and deadlines...."
I saw it as a preview for what retirement must be like, spending your days doing what you want.
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