Most people work because they need to according to stats that I have seen, some work because they like it, but there are over 10% of people (not sure how many exactly) that work because it gives meaning to their lives. They are not sure who or what they would be without a job. The stats on retirees that die within 2 years after retirement shows there are lots of them.
You are going to work until you drop dead
- Thread starter nitro
- Start date
Most people work because they need to according to stats that I have seen, some work because they like it, but there are over 10% of people (not sure how many exactly) that work because it gives meaning to their lives. They are not sure who or what they would be without a job. The stats on retirees that die within 2 years after retirement shows there are lots of them.
I think it important to do something to keep your mind sharp. It could be working part time, volunteering, etc. Also, the social interaction is important too.
Until I drop dead? Nonsense.
I'm retiring some time next year after I win 100 billion in the lottery.
I'm retiring some time next year after I win 100 billion in the lottery.
During a retirement conversation in the break room just yesterday I quipped that one day they'd find me slumped over my desk.
Greetings,
I believe that this is one of the essential reasons why as we grow older and hopefully wiser, we must choose a line of work very carefully. Because as Confucius once said:
âChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.â
When the work, and the love of the work become one, I believe that a person has experienced the greatest achievement of all; the acceptance of themselves through the dignity of their labor. In that regard, their work truly then becomes their love being made visible.
Why quit?
KDASFTG
I believe that this is one of the essential reasons why as we grow older and hopefully wiser, we must choose a line of work very carefully. Because as Confucius once said:
âChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.â
When the work, and the love of the work become one, I believe that a person has experienced the greatest achievement of all; the acceptance of themselves through the dignity of their labor. In that regard, their work truly then becomes their love being made visible.
Why quit?
KDASFTG
Working for myself the last 2 years has changed everything for me. For the first time in my life, I really like to work. It does not involve a lot of social interaction for me, but I can get that elsewhere. I do consulting from home, and there is just the occasional teleconference. I can work on the road, so I'm not tied down too much.
Having spent my entire life trying to save enough to retire, and the last 7 years trying to get to the point where I can live off my trading, now that I finally have amassed enough, I don't really want to retire any more. I don't want to go out to pasture like some old horse. I want to be able to say that I do something, I am someone, and I contribute something. When I meet people, I want to be able to hand them a card and tell them what I do, not tell them I'm retired and I went to Puerto Rico last week. I like having money coming in all the time. It may be silly, but it makes me feel important.
For over half of my working life, I worked for other people. I really hated it, so I thought I hated working. But now that I do not have to deal with incompetence or rudeness, or go to meetings with crazy people on a daily basis, I see that it was only the BS of the workplace that I hated. I don't think I ever really hated the work I did.
Having spent my entire life trying to save enough to retire, and the last 7 years trying to get to the point where I can live off my trading, now that I finally have amassed enough, I don't really want to retire any more. I don't want to go out to pasture like some old horse. I want to be able to say that I do something, I am someone, and I contribute something. When I meet people, I want to be able to hand them a card and tell them what I do, not tell them I'm retired and I went to Puerto Rico last week. I like having money coming in all the time. It may be silly, but it makes me feel important.
For over half of my working life, I worked for other people. I really hated it, so I thought I hated working. But now that I do not have to deal with incompetence or rudeness, or go to meetings with crazy people on a daily basis, I see that it was only the BS of the workplace that I hated. I don't think I ever really hated the work I did.
That worked for me for about fifteen years then some Americans bought the division I'd helped build and turned it into a sweatshop: no more quality SOP's, no more OSHA regulations, just pure browbeating and cheating of employees... so I retired. Eventually the Americans figured out I was retired and they tried to fire me but I was ready for them, complete with lawsuit so they changed it to a layoff. Then my wife and I had the discussion about the Walmart Greeter thingy and she won, I had to move out. I miss the dogs though..
exactly. too many opinion polls are poorly constructed. therefore many people don't vote.
by the way too many guys in their sixties want to do next to nothing and wives having gone through menopause have renewed energy and ambition throw out the old schmuck, literally and metaphorically.