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I am happy with my choice. And hey, I've got more time to visit HN! But seriously, I would have been happy to exit the workforce at any point. Working in the tech field has never been healthy for me. It was a hobby that paid sufficiently. Now I have more time to focus on undoing the damage from sitting so much and not remaining physically active.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
That's my dream... I have so many hobbies that I can't enjoy because of the lack of time. But it seems that before I save enough, I'll be too old and tired to finally enjoy them. At least I'm not going hungry in the meantime.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
All i can read this as is “Brooks Was Here”
I love DIY so I've used that time to refurbish two apartments and catch up on gold rush. This time it's been 8 months and I'm just working on a side project.
By now I'm not enjoying that much anymore. It's been too long and I start to miss making part of the bunch. I'm also not fully using my time anymore, partially because in the end my wife is still working as well as my friends. I believe there's a limit to happiness when you do things on your own and don't share. At least I'm realizing that. I guess it's time to go back!
Also I wonder if I'll still be able to do this when I'm in my 40s or 50s. My parents always taught me it gets tougher to find a job as you get older. Obviously someone that's good will always find, but I wonder in general how aging will apply to tech.
Edit: As a follow up thought and this is what I've realized, the weekends are a pretty good picture of how we'd behave at retirement. If we are lazy on weekends, we'll be lazy afterwards. If we keep ourselves busy in the weekends with non work stuff, we'll probably be the same after retirement.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
> you are your job I'm sorry to say this, but this is one of the saddest things a person can say in my opinion. You can definitely become your job, but I can't see myself ever wanting something like that.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Please don’t listen to this. These are the words of someone who allowed work to destroy the part of themselves that had their own hopes and dreams. Only a shell that could take directions was left.