BoredAtWork
Dryer sheet wannabe
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- Apr 16, 2021
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Whether to supplement your income or to stay busy or any other reason, what have your experiences been with doing part time work after FIRE. I’m coming from a background in business and finance but have thought about doing something general in retirement as a side hustle like being an Uber driver, delivery driver, bartender, working at a church or school. The appeal is work that is pretty stress free and when you aren’t at work you are 100% able to turn it off. No emails, calls and meetings on weekends or days off.
I’m sure I could make more money doing consulting work in my area of expertise but my experience of using consultants is it is always when things have gone really bad and you need them in an emergency immediately. Not exactly conducive to being partly retired and trying to not be working much.
So what’s been your experience doing part time work in retirement. Either doing something totally different than your career or doing part time in the same domain as your career? Was it enjoyable or quickly became a monotonous grind? What kind of work did you do and why?
I’m sure I could make more money doing consulting work in my area of expertise but my experience of using consultants is it is always when things have gone really bad and you need them in an emergency immediately. Not exactly conducive to being partly retired and trying to not be working much.
So what’s been your experience doing part time work in retirement. Either doing something totally different than your career or doing part time in the same domain as your career? Was it enjoyable or quickly became a monotonous grind? What kind of work did you do and why?