>and went home everyday tired in body but relaxed and happy in mind. One thing I miss about being a grave digger, and working retail, is that you just had a lo

>and went home everyday tired in body but relaxed and happy in mind. One thing I miss about being a grave digger, and working retail, is that you just had a lot of time to think. It takes minimal mental effort to straighten things on shelves/shelve things/cut grass/weed eat/dig a hole. With retail, especially at Lowes, you'd occasionally get some conversation with customers and again with Lowes they'd often have some problem they were trying to fix/solve and you got to think about the best way to help them. At the cemetery I just listened to talk radio when I was tired of my thoughts, or I'd have one-sided conversations with random 'customers'. I'd come home and be tired but actually feel like reading or talking to a friend, now I analyze paperwork all day trying to meet quota while interpreting laws and trying not to make any mistakes and go home and just want to turn on some video and go mildly catatonic until bed. >My savings target is always 50% or more. I can't even afford 7% to get the full employer match for 401k and now that they've nuked our pension to instead contribute more towards 401k I won't even have that as a half inflated cushion augmenting me. Unless software replaces teachers, then she's up the creek too.