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Heck, looking back, my whole life has gone differently than originally planned.
What is this plan thing of which you speak?
Heck, looking back, my whole life has gone differently than originally planned.
What is this plan thing of which you speak?
What is this plan thing of which you speak?
It started when I was abut 8 years old and wanted to be a Fireman. Then later on, my father talked me into becoming an engineer.....so right out of the gate, the plan of working in the Fire Department 3 days a week and retiring at 40 with full pay went out the door.
Fourteen years later things have gone differently than planned. Mann tracht und Gott lacht. A little resiliency and a bit of flexibility go a long way. No regrets at all.
That quote reminded me of a picture our pastor posted on his Facebook page yesterday:
I am feeling relaxed now - very few regrets expressed and even those were minor.
Now just to get my head around this "retirement" thing and do it.
...my clueless Narcististic ******* boss! ha!
Isn't that redundant?
That said, in my opinion, one needs to be realistic about early retirement once there. If every day is good... are they still? Without being whacked by a big stick everyday, "good" can become the new normal, which means it won't feel as good as it did in the beginning. You just get used to it, and may not appreciate it as much. I am NOT talking about going back to work, but rather the human condition of complacency. We can always find something to complain about, after complaining about work is over.
I saved this snippet from a post I read recently. Can't remember who wrote it or what forum it came from, but I thought it was inciteful.
"The trick with this is recognising that most of the pleasure comes from the delta from your normal experience rather than the specific experience itself, so overdoing good experiences actually lessens their relative goodness over time. If that makes sense?"
I agree. Context plays a big part.
IMHO, people who retire and say "everyday is like being on vacation" are still viewing retirement through the work lens.
Personally, I felt like I was really retired when it no longer had the work context but was "this is how I live".
Similarly, when I ERed after working the last 7 years part-time, I saw ER as getting rid of the nuisance of working because even only 2 days a week it had been interfering with my personal life, often causing frequent scheduling conflicts with my midday and weekday evening activities.
By "midday scheduling conflicts with activities", I think you mean "napping", right?