RISP
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
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- 407
In a recent thread, member Grigori posted the following statement:
I'm wondering how other members who are already FI see this. I would expect that once the pressure of needing a paycheck is off, one would not be stressed by ANYTHING. If you don't need the money, what do you have to lose? Let's say you have a job that you do not care about, and don't like your boss or colleagues. You can just show up, do enough not to get fired, and collect a paycheck. When given an assignment you don't feel like doing, call in sick. And if you are really lucky, you'll be let go with severance and can subsequently collect unemployment payments.
So, my question to those of you who are already FI is:
How, if at all, did this realization change your attitude towards your job?
I have found that the longer I am FI, which is two or three years now, the lower my tolerance is to jobs and tasks I don’t really want to do, and the more I have this unbearable urge to go in there and tell them to “Take this job and shove it! I ain’t working here no more”.
I'm wondering how other members who are already FI see this. I would expect that once the pressure of needing a paycheck is off, one would not be stressed by ANYTHING. If you don't need the money, what do you have to lose? Let's say you have a job that you do not care about, and don't like your boss or colleagues. You can just show up, do enough not to get fired, and collect a paycheck. When given an assignment you don't feel like doing, call in sick. And if you are really lucky, you'll be let go with severance and can subsequently collect unemployment payments.
So, my question to those of you who are already FI is:
How, if at all, did this realization change your attitude towards your job?