Don’t Wait Till Old Age – Retire Now
July 23 by Craig Childs | Lifestyle
The recently sold Slacker Manager has something to say: Retire Now. Don’t wait for that retirement package and don’t wait until old age. Something that should be said right off the bat is that retiring apparently doesn’t mean giving up work.
Retire now does not mean you stop working. It means you work at what interests you and what you care about. Retire now means you stop always trying to climb up the career ladder and enjoy being on the rung. Retire now means you don’t always have to be connected or respond to each email within 22 seconds. Retire now means you can take full satisfaction in what you have done in your life, even at 22 years of age!
I guess I’ve retired. How about you guys? Is retirement just a state of mind or is it something to work towards?
Retire now: Weave retirement into your work even if you are in your 20s – [SlackerManager]
I think that as long as you are doing something that doesn’t feel like work, why stop doing it?
I’ve heard many stories of retired people that choose to work all the time and some suddenly start doing what they’ve always wanted to. It really is just a state of mind.
Sorry, but if I have to wake up at a specific time each day, and fill out TPS reports, it’s not retirement. The things I do for enjoyment, people won’t pay me for. At least, not enough for me to live off of.
excuse me for being an asshole, but i firmly believe that ‘retirement’ is when you stop working and you enjoy the rewards of what you worked for your entire life.
if retirement means being happy NOT moving up in a company… then unfortunately i won’t be retiering anytime soon… even at the old age of 24 :)
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There was an old line about retirement. Retirement means being tired twice. First tired of working then tired of not. I think you will find that lots of “retired” people are working and finding it rewarding. If you work your entire life waiting for the rewards you might never get to them.
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I’ll be retiring @55 years of age with full benfits. This brings up a new Issue for me, I’ve worked all of my adult life and I wonder if I’ll be able to settle down. I tell my friends that I might get a part time job and the responce I get back is why retire. My answer is because I can .
People who can afford to retire should do so. This opens up jobs for others who need the income. A big reason for people who can’t afford to retire is the exessive wasteful spending they did throughout their lives (eating out, trips, boats, cable tv, cell phone plans, massages, expesive hair care, expesive automobiles, high consumption of gasoline, bottled water, name brand clothing, bar tabs, movies out, sport/concert tickets, just to name a few). I don’t feel sorry for these people.