The Giant Korean@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWhat do you want to do when you retire?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you want to do when you retire?The Giant Korean@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-text
Or do you not intend to? Or have you already? Retirement is coming up for me in a few years, so I’m considering my options.
minus-squareOceanSoaplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoI’ll keep myself in a low key part time job. I’ve read studies that retirees die sooner if they don’t feel like they have a purpose.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoCreate a better purpose than slinging hours for dollars, my dude.
minus-squareOceanSoaplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoMost people get purpose from being out in society and being a part of the workforce. Not everyone hates their job.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI don’t hate my job. As a matter of fact, I quite like it. But I promise you I would find something different to do if I had enough money to retire.
minus-squareThe Giant Korean@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSame. I don’t hate my job, but it’s also not what I want to do any more.
minus-squareOceanSoaplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoOf course, I never said you had to continue doing the same job. One that is part time, not stressful, and where your responsibilities are minimal.
minus-squareBlumpkinhead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoMy purpose it to be sitting on a beach, fat and drunk.
I’ll keep myself in a low key part time job. I’ve read studies that retirees die sooner if they don’t feel like they have a purpose.
Create a better purpose than slinging hours for dollars, my dude.
Most people get purpose from being out in society and being a part of the workforce. Not everyone hates their job.
I don’t hate my job. As a matter of fact, I quite like it. But I promise you I would find something different to do if I had enough money to retire.
Same. I don’t hate my job, but it’s also not what I want to do any more.
Of course, I never said you had to continue doing the same job. One that is part time, not stressful, and where your responsibilities are minimal.
My purpose it to be sitting on a beach, fat and drunk.