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They highlight a guy that bakes and sells cookies....if I were going to return to work, I would at least try to do something healthy or helping people rather than killing them with sugar poison.
I've been retired for 2.5 years and see no need for an income other than possibly growing the amount of money my kids will inherit. I've read data that suggests working may be healthier than retiring. So far, I think I'm healthier in retirement than when working. When I was working, I worked 80 hours a week in high stress environment, traveling worldwide, eating mostly horrible foods, and little time or energy for exercise.
Now that I've retired, I make sure I eat healthy and exercise daily so I think I'm much healthier in retirement. I do miss the sense of purpose and social interactions of the work life so there is that detriment. If I were tempted to return to work, I would want to do something that helped people and/or made them healthier.
This topic has been beat to death. It's up to each individual as to what they define as retirement. It could be quitting work forever and sitting on your *****, quitting work forever and taking on hobbies or travel, working part-time on your own terms because you can't sit still or are just bored, etc. An article can't tell you how to live your life. Some may choose to still work but for less money at a less stressful job without politics and BS. Retirement is whatever you want it to be.
My goal is to get out as early as possible, and if I need to supplement my income for a nicer lifestyle, I may choose a "fun" part-time job. (I wouldn't mind being one of those folks that drive/deliver dealer exchange cars a couple days a week if I chose to do anything.)
Bottom line is retirement = freedom to choose whatever you want to do.
Couldn't have said it better. I've been out on an injury for 6 months, may not return, can do pretty much anything I need to do, just not 100% to perform work duties. My point is, sitting home is not for me, I need to feel productive, lookinmg at easy P/T work just to keep busy and have interaction with different people.
We could hit the road and explore, and as long as she has an internet connection she can work from the RV if and when it suits her, without a long-term commitment.
LOL- Now that I am retirement age, it will be easy to find a fun part time job that will be fulfilling and not strenuous, and that will also not require me to work mostly nights/weekends. HA HA HA HA HA HA. Yeah, big box retail, food service or a CSR job, those are real fun, stress free jobs! I'm sure that some people will find jobs like in the article, but it is not just as easy as "getting a job in retirement". If a job like that was that easy to get, I would have had it during my 40 year real career.
...... My point is, sitting home is not for me, I need to feel productive, lookinmg at easy P/T work just to keep busy and have interaction with different people.
Why would you sit at home when you are retired? I had too much of that with Covid but before and now since vaccination I am out doing things almost daily. I do have a basement studio for my pastel work but often I am gone on photography sessions or shooting with fellow archers or some sort of local travel. At the end of the Summer I am planning a 4 month photography/National Park trek.
I rarely do things "just to keep busy". I don't have time to waste because I have quite a few things I want to learn, do and accomplish. I pick my friends rather than just look for some sort of social interaction with whoever happens to be in a specific workplace. When I did work, I had a lot of people reporting to me. That level of interaction was stressful and demanding. Trying to develop meaningful friendships in the workplace rarely works out.
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