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most people around me work exactly for money. even when they like their job (ie I do), there are roughly 1 gazillion other activities that are just better, and
by saiya-jin 11y ago
most people around me work exactly for money. even when they like their job (ie I do), there are roughly 1 gazillion other activities that are just better, and life is too short. also, if you have children, you want to spend as much time with them as possible, there is no upper limit on that.
- Retric 11y agoYou would think that, but most people who retire early get really board in around 6-12 months. Often your friends are working so they just don't have a lot of time to have fun on week days. TV is much worse in the middle of the day. Sure, it seems like adding 40 hours a week of free time would not change much, but it often feels like 4x as much free time due to all the unnecessary activity's around work that suck up time. Finally, many things are fun while your tired at the end of the day / week to unwind, but get boring when your wide awake and full of energy.
- tluyben2 11y agoI have had 5 people die shortly after retiring (early); stress (was this all?), depression (suicide) and general boredom which leads to depression. I do not think you realise how much time you really have on your hands when you are not in the ratrace and how few people deal with that well.