Posted on 08/29/2019 6:55:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We all gotta eat !
Have a few friends that have retired and after a few months went back to work.
They could not take all the leisure time!.........their sense of self worth was way down, they felt worthless............
Dends upon what you do. If there’s a physical element to your work the post 60 years start getting very dicey. I’m 60 with a torn rotator cuff. The recovery period of this puts getting surgery out of the question. I need another 10 years minimum.
A person should stay busy. If you don’t have a purpose you die. But “experience never gets old”? C’mon. Much as we try to deny it, age takes a toll. Some of this stuff is aimed at keeping people working, and out of the social security. From the government’s perspective, hopefully you’ll die before you dip into the ss pot.
I’m still functional, and I do have traits that younger employees could learn from, but I have lost so much. I’ve lost the ability to deal with stupid corporate games created by some jerk for dubious purposes. I’ve lost some of my focus, my recall is slower, and at times unreliable.
Old people should retire, look at Biden.
* sleeping in - nope, up at 4 or 5, maybe the latest is 6.
* golf at will - nope, not a golfer
* travel - maybe some day. Too busy now and my wife still works
* leisurely day after leisurely day - nope. We bought a retirement house and I’m busy on extensive improvement and remodeling projects. Hardly any leisure.
* No more whining colleagues, carping bosses, endless meetings with no result - YES, YES, YES...don’t miss that one bit
* No more tedious commutes - YES, YES, YES...don’t miss that one bit either. We bought the retirement house in a much slower, much smaller and much more conservative place. It is SO NICE to get out of the crush, frenetic pace, and rudeness that is Silicon Valley.
I have no desire to retire. I may take a bit more vacation time when I am older, but I do not plan to retire as I enjoy working.
We are all different—retired last year and really enjoying it.
My “sense of self-worth” never came from my job—that was just my meal ticket.
Retirement is NOT Biblical-—actual the Bible speaks against it. Bottom line, the happiest, healthiest people I meet are those that are “retired” yet keep working in some fashion.
I have no intention of retiring. I like my work. I do intend to slow down and do less work but still pursue new opportunities.
Let's be brutally honest here: the modern definition of "retirement" would not exist without a massive nanny-state government and tens of trillions of dollars in government debt.
* sleeping in - nope, up at 4 or 5, maybe the latest is 6. ... same here
* golf at will - nope, not a golfer ... 3 times a week for me
* travel - maybe some day. Too busy now and my wife still works ... traveled for work ... don’t like traveling anymore
* leisurely day after leisurely day - nope. We bought a retirement house and I’m busy on extensive improvement and remodeling projects. Hardly any leisure. ... being lazy in this my first year of retirement
* No more whining colleagues, carping bosses, endless meetings with no result - YES, YES, YES...don’t miss that one bit ... don’t miss that either
* No more tedious commutes - YES, YES, YES...don’t miss that one bit either. We bought the retirement house in a much slower, much smaller and much more conservative place. It is SO NICE to get out of the crush, frenetic pace, and rudeness that is Silicon Valley. ... did that commute for 40 years thank goodness no more
* Golden years .... there’s no gold in the golden years
Old age is not for sissies.
Our recently retired friends are miserable, s you said the feeling of worth is also a factor. They keep imploring all their working friends to retire, misery loves company.
A better solution is to change the business culture so that people can work less, perhaps 2-3 days/week instead of 5. Many people at 65 and up have great value to offer as well as experience as well as reliability.
I was happy with the company I worked for. I was considered a high performer. But, I never got my “self-worth” from my job. I worked to provide for myself and family. I happily retired 5 years ago, and never once even remotely thought that was a mistake.
Some people, I think, need work in order to have socialization and contact with other people, and, when they retire, they lose automatic contact with other people which makes them feel isolated and unhappy.
Me, I’m too introverted, lol, so I don’t miss the social aspect of work, and like being alone.
I’m in my 40s. My goal is to work until I drop dead. I don’t ever want to retire. Sure, I’m saving money and trying to put myself in a decent position financially if I have to but I don’t want to. I enjoy the routine of getting up, getting ready, going to work, being productive, coming home to relax and having enough spare cash to not worry about living expenses or being able to buy a new toy every so often. Sitting around all day holds no allure for me.
Nowhere in the Bible- “6 days shall ye labor, and on the 7th day ye shall rest... until age 62.”
Retired..bored at first so I started working once more..THEN .. I fulfilled a lifelong dream..I bought a farm !!
110 acres..big fishing pond..Great hunting.. I rent some to a young fellow who is a fine farmer.The missus and I put in a garden, an orchard, are fixing the place up and have enough projects to last a lifetime...The kids and grandkids love it..You are never too old to start a new life or to follow a dream..To quote Gus.. “Its not dying I’m worried about Woodrow its living “ (or something close to that )..I am living again..
Interesting given that in many ways age discrimination in the workplace has never been worse.
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