That's my goal. Retirement in my mind is not needing to work for an income to sustain my life. But that doesn't mean I won't do anything. It doesn't even mean I won't earn an income. It'll just be completely my choice.

Exactly. I want to work, volunteer - live - for what is good and worthwhile, not because I need to. Hopefully on a farm with tasty critters

Tolkien’s best line.

As someone who has been laid off since September of 25. First couple months were great and enjoyable as I had been doing 7 days a week for months before the store closed. So I needed the time off. But by the new year I was itching to be productive again.. Hopefully starting an electrician apprenticeship in July 🤞 I've felt like a bum the last few months.

I've never understood the word retirement. I spend more time on unpaid work than paid anyway, and always have. A privilege for sure, but also the reason I'll never be able to afford to actually retire.

Financially Independent Work Harder

Yup

I did RE and it was really the best part. View quoted note →

in fact, we need to keep ourselves busy, otherwise we go crazy...

Imagine a book editor/publisher. What does their "retirement" look like? Never reading (or writing) a book ever again? Or a retired first responder; are they just done with rendering any kind of aid in any context? Retirement is a clunky concept that doesn't map well to the reality of vocational fulfillment.

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for me the difference is that I'm no longer bound by supply&demand. I can do things nobody but me really wants/demand.