most people work hard for many hours a week, give up lots of stuff, so they can retire. The trouble is doing this means you give up having a life, and so when y

most people work hard for many hours a week, give up lots of stuff, so they can retire. The trouble is doing this means you give up having a life, and so when you retire you have nothing else. What's even worse is if you do this, then your health suffers. I don't know how many people i've known who do this and then get really angry that they're retired but don't have the health to do the things they always waited for. Me I work a reasonable number of hours have holidays and breaks, I'm middle aged. I'm not planning to retire, in many ways I sort of am. I do the work I like, have people around me I want to keep. Look after my health, know what my kids are doing. I'm lucky that I can do the work I like, and get paid for it, but I've made choices to avoid the soul sucking super highly paid stuff. I'm pleased with my choices, I'd recommend them to anyone younger. Saying this, there are times I've worked hard, and times I've had in between. Just working then retiring, then dying sucks imho