3 ms·

I'd be happy to stop working on someone else's projects and work on on things that solve problems I care about. The "you should have a job and it should give y

I'd be happy to stop working on someone else's projects and work on on things that solve problems I care about. The "you should have a job and it should give you meaning" thing is the societal expectation that needs the most interrogation.

smeej 4y ago
I think you're the one reading "you should have a job and it should give you meaning" into "love what you do." Honestly, of there's anything you love well enough to become passably good at it, to me it makes more sense to keep doing that, making money or no money, than to sit around and do nothing. Even if your "work" is the "personal work" of growing to understand cultures and becoming a more grounded, well-rounded human being while traveling the world, there are always opportunities to add value and receive that back in money. "Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do.
- csdvrx 4y ago
  > "Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do That's exactly how I see it. I can't fathom why one would willfully chose to do that, barring serious illness or injury (and even then, why spend your precious time waiting for death instead of being the change you want to see in the world?)
- wing-_-nuts 4y ago
  >"Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do. Man, I'm sorry, there's just so much wrong with this take. You should seriously hang out with more retired people if you think they're just 'sitting around, waiting to die'. I really take issue with the fact that we're expected to sell our 40 best years of our lives to work on things we're not passionate about to make other people rich. Retirement, for me, is simply crossing the point where you work on your own terms for passion and purpose instead of money.

smeej 4y ago

I think you're the one reading "you should have a job and it should give you meaning" into "love what you do." Honestly, of there's anything you love well enough to become passably good at it, to me it makes more sense to keep doing that, making money or no money, than to sit around and do nothing. Even if your "work" is the "personal work" of growing to understand cultures and becoming a more grounded, well-rounded human being while traveling the world, there are always opportunities to add value and receive that back in money. "Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do.

csdvrx 4y ago
> "Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do That's exactly how I see it. I can't fathom why one would willfully chose to do that, barring serious illness or injury (and even then, why spend your precious time waiting for death instead of being the change you want to see in the world?)
wing-_-nuts 4y ago
>"Retirement" as most people seem to mean it, just sitting around waiting to die, sounds so bleak by comparison to finding something you love to do. Man, I'm sorry, there's just so much wrong with this take. You should seriously hang out with more retired people if you think they're just 'sitting around, waiting to die'. I really take issue with the fact that we're expected to sell our 40 best years of our lives to work on things we're not passionate about to make other people rich. Retirement, for me, is simply crossing the point where you work on your own terms for passion and purpose instead of money.