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My inner ring trap is retirement. I can’t wait to get there.

dgacmu 4y ago
I wonder if the inner ring trap for retirement is "well, maybe I should wait until I have another $AMOUNT invested just to (be sure, be able to do more, etc.)."
- loandbehold 4y ago
  Yes, many working people can retire right now if they reduce their expectraions.
jjtheblunt 4y ago
Until you go golfing one time, and are like omg wtf how do people retire, because I’m bored? I say that because that’s what many i know have realized once they (we) didn’t have to work. I suspect the personality of engineering types likes puzzle solving, and is inclined to find some class of puzzles to “work” on.
- nonethewiser 4y ago
  Golf is such a good example of a game you can always improve at. There are a million things to tweak and you can play it practically your whole life. Retiring also doesn’t mean you can’t program.
- sys_64738 4y ago
  I only work because I can't retire. I'd rather be bored silly than to work as I work to live, not the other way around.
  - deathanatos 4y ago
    … yeah. There are so many creative pursuits I'd like to try. But after a long week of work, by the time I have recovered sufficient energy to think about it … it's 11:59pm on Sunday. Boredom sounds like a nice "problem" to have.
- gryn 4y ago
  I guess this is the kind of problem where different people have a different meaning for the term 'retirement'. for some it means having a source of income that isn't tied to working so that they can do anything including 'working' on things they like without worry of it being a money generating activity. for others retiring means stopping to work in the broadest possible meaning of the term.
- rgmerk 4y ago
  Sure. But if you’ve got enough money to not have to work, you can choose to solve whatever puzzles you want. The best position in academia is “emeritus professor”.
- 55555 4y ago
  That's when you start woodworking or tinkering.
sp527 4y ago
That sounds like a really unfortunate way to go through life. Maybe you should reflect on possible alternatives?
- sys_64738 4y ago
  Why? I'm outta here as quickly as I can afford to. Life is too short to spend it working.

I wonder if the inner ring trap for retirement is "well, maybe I should wait until I have another $AMOUNT invested just to (be sure, be able to do more, etc.)."

loandbehold 4y ago
Yes, many working people can retire right now if they reduce their expectraions.

jjtheblunt 4y ago

Until you go golfing one time, and are like omg wtf how do people retire, because I’m bored? I say that because that’s what many i know have realized once they (we) didn’t have to work. I suspect the personality of engineering types likes puzzle solving, and is inclined to find some class of puzzles to “work” on.

nonethewiser 4y ago
Golf is such a good example of a game you can always improve at. There are a million things to tweak and you can play it practically your whole life. Retiring also doesn’t mean you can’t program.
sys_64738 4y ago
I only work because I can't retire. I'd rather be bored silly than to work as I work to live, not the other way around.
- deathanatos 4y ago
  … yeah. There are so many creative pursuits I'd like to try. But after a long week of work, by the time I have recovered sufficient energy to think about it … it's 11:59pm on Sunday. Boredom sounds like a nice "problem" to have.
gryn 4y ago
I guess this is the kind of problem where different people have a different meaning for the term 'retirement'. for some it means having a source of income that isn't tied to working so that they can do anything including 'working' on things they like without worry of it being a money generating activity. for others retiring means stopping to work in the broadest possible meaning of the term.
rgmerk 4y ago
Sure. But if you’ve got enough money to not have to work, you can choose to solve whatever puzzles you want. The best position in academia is “emeritus professor”.
55555 4y ago
That's when you start woodworking or tinkering.

sp527 4y ago

That sounds like a really unfortunate way to go through life. Maybe you should reflect on possible alternatives?

sys_64738 4y ago
Why? I'm outta here as quickly as I can afford to. Life is too short to spend it working.