Comment on Attitudes

TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I want to retire early, but I would still keep working because I find what I do stimulating and rewarding.

  Retirement for me would be working small jobs that I want to do, and taking classes that I find interesting. I’d probably be taking jobs at small businesses and charities.

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  • uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I would “work” as in do what I do for a living but not at the behest of someone else. I would only create for my own use and enjoyment.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Exactly how I feel.

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• zewm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The year of Covid lockdown that I didn’t go to work was the most amazing time.

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I worked through covid. We were not pleased everyone else got a “vacation”. I think that was a big reason why i couldn’t wait to retire.

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    • zewm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The clapping for essential workers wasn’t enough for you? Entitled much? /s

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      • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Hey we got a neat little superman nurse postcard. I’m happy.

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• Zink@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Getting laid off during COVID was like a preview of retirement, on top of other benefits like showing how little of my personal identity was tied to my job and how little I actually care about it. “Career line go up forever” was one of many things I was SUPPOSED to care about, but did not ACTUALLY care about. And that helped me fast-forward figuring out what does matter to me.

  It was amazing.

  The “I’ll work forever” badge of honor garbage is just one of the many ways people get conditioned to go against their own best interests to help out the rich/political people that really matter. (/s and barf)

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• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I work to live and not the other way around. As soon as I can afford not to work anymore, you can be assured that I won’t. The wife and I have plans to retire to SEA, so hopefully just a few more years or so.

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  • Glemek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What is SEA to you? South East Asia? Seattle? A boat?

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    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The first one. I’ll edit the post.

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      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I was really hoping you were going to clarify that you plan to retire to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, like inside it and past security. I was very much looking forward to that Q&A.

        I unironically want to retire to the sea.

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• Emi@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I think almost everyone wants to work except not what work means today. I doubt anyone wants to sit home and stare at the wall and even if they want to why not just let them instead for them to make problems.

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• Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  A lot of folks have their work tied to their personality like that.

  I do kind of get the idea of working into retirement - I actually really like my job, it’s not soul crushing, and I pretty much get paid to learn things and write about them. In that regard, I’d be okay to keep going for a long time because I fucking love learning. It’s a sweet gig, and super rare. Big difference vs. someone conditioned to toil to their detriment.

  I will retire, but when I do, I intend to be active in other things related to what I do for work. Volunteerism, mentoring, etc.

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