If you're lucky enough to find something you're passionate about you may not begrudge the work week. I never have, so i work to live, got into a reasonable paying sector, didn't waste money on oversized property or flash motors, as they're not my bag, but used the cash to go adventuring at weekends, snow boarding in winter, the job takes up more time than I'd like but i'm earning freedom tokens. That mentality helped me at least.
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I found a job with a career track that I can retire from in 25 years max and I already have 5 years of service. The system you envision doesn't really exist yet.
I've been thinking about this since middle school (when I was thinking about what was waiting for me after school, which I wasn't much a fan of either) and I just distract myself by doing things I enjoy. If it occupies my mind too much, I take a hit of copium and tell myself that maybe I'll get lucky and strike it rich somehow to let me retire early.
the ideal way would be to build up passive income and/or outwaging your living costs by double or triple, but god knows how hard that is.
There are better options for those who find a way.
First off, I'd try to find as much balance and joy as possible now. Don't wait for retirement. None of us know if we'll even be around at that point.
I also make sure to vote for people who want more work/life balance and more universal public services. Vacation time, family and parental leave, universal healthcare, affordable education, etc. Those are all things that free you mind to think about life and not just the basic necessities and surviving.
Sir, “Retired” is the opposite of “Start”.
I love my job. I have crippling depression, so I won't live to retirement.
I hope you get through that.
Depression sucks, but it doesn't last forever and there's people who care about you, whether you think so or not.
The key is to do your living now while you still can. Don't waste your youth on a grind that will get you nothing.
I'm half done. I've kept up my health and I'm trying to improve it even more. When I hit 65 I won't be too old to do much.
But the real question should be what are you waiting until retirement to do and why not do it sooner?
Because at the age of 36 I'm financially treading water and a week off here and there is enough time to de-stress from work, not enough time to do what I'd really like to.
Die with Zero by Bill Perkins has some interesting takes on this.
The answer is: do a job you like and do the things you like. I’m due to retire in ten years and won’t be doing so. I won’t work as much but I will work
It’s easier in some countries than others. But the key is not wasting time on things that you feel pressured to do because of societal norms or because you’re too lazy to do anything different.
Have you tried alcohol? That seems to be the popular approach.
I've got "30 and out" at my union factory, so I'll retire at 56 which isn't so bad. Course, I'll lose my health insurance but it's free til then 🤷♂️
I keep finding myself trying to imagine how to make enough money so my mom doesn't have to do this.
Don't think. Just work.
Wow you put my exact thoughts into meme form. Bravo!
Have you heard of the five stages of grief? That's probably the best first way to deal with it. No capitalist/socialist/fascist/technocratic/authoritarian utopia will be able to fix that. I don't believe there is a better system yet than what the western world already has. Maybe one day UBI will exist and everyone will have more freedom to enjoy their passions but even then it you'll still have to work most of your life.
Best you can do is figure out what you want out of your life and take the steps to do it. Like what most people have said, living below your means helps with funding your goals and protecting yourself against accidents. Find ways to do what you want now but know there's always a trade off. It isn't fair but I don't think it ever has been, except for a very privileged class of people.
Times are tough, but here's what's worked for me so far:
- Spend less than you make
- Keep a budget
- Keep debts to a minimum
- If you live with your parents, try to save as much as you can
- Have an end goal
Depending on your circumstances, you might only have to work for 20 years, and if you do what you love, it won't feel like work.
Yeah I’m doing whatever I want as long as there’s still some life left in this body. Opted for a career that gets me to live all over the world, decided very early on that I’ll never have kids, and live my life to the fullest.
Accidentally I’m also really good at what I do and got people pay me big time to live where I want to be. About to move to my 10th country on the third continent.
Yes there are lots of useless jobs out there, but at least you're putting food on the table.
But also, you have to look at it from another angle.
Picture work as your way of trying to help advance humanity. Jobs, other than the useless ones I mentioned, all should have a reason behind their existence.
How about the fact that I literally cannot afford to house and feed my family with me and my wife working a useful job like teaching, so instead I'm driving around delivering pizzas because otherwise we would be out of money?