collingwood
Dryer sheet wannabe
- Joined
- Apr 22, 2014
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- 11
Ok, I know I might get some facetious replies here, but its a serious question.
When I think about stopping work it scares the heck out of me! I'm approaching 50, and in the UK (not sure how relevant that is, but thought it worth mentioning )
I've inherited funds such that, together with a decent pension due at 60, I am not too worried about the financial aspects (at least, I don't think that is what's really stopping me). What is stopping me is a mix of the following anxieties:
- what will I do all day? (I know, I know… )
-what if I miss my job? (its a one way ticket, I wouldn't be able to go back to my current role)
-am I really done with work - have I done all I want to? (here, I confess I have some hangups about achievement; I don't feel I've been as successful as perhaps thought I would, and am I just running away)
- I feel guilty because my retirement fund has not been earned
- I don't know how I would explain it to my friends, and I feel that it might create barriers and resentments
- is it really wise at my age to pull the plug on my human capital?
- I feel already that my mind is not as sharp as it was, and I worry that without work pushing me I might just end up slumping into sloth…
I don't know, it just feels against the natural order not to be working whilst I am still able to. Perhaps that's just overblown Calvinistic work ethic (although, I should emphasise, I am NOT a workaholic - I haven't worked full time since my kids were born - but my job is quite demanding nonetheless)
I just wondered how many of you have these hangups, and do they go away once you finally get the courage to pull the plug
When I think about stopping work it scares the heck out of me! I'm approaching 50, and in the UK (not sure how relevant that is, but thought it worth mentioning )
I've inherited funds such that, together with a decent pension due at 60, I am not too worried about the financial aspects (at least, I don't think that is what's really stopping me). What is stopping me is a mix of the following anxieties:
- what will I do all day? (I know, I know… )
-what if I miss my job? (its a one way ticket, I wouldn't be able to go back to my current role)
-am I really done with work - have I done all I want to? (here, I confess I have some hangups about achievement; I don't feel I've been as successful as perhaps thought I would, and am I just running away)
- I feel guilty because my retirement fund has not been earned
- I don't know how I would explain it to my friends, and I feel that it might create barriers and resentments
- is it really wise at my age to pull the plug on my human capital?
- I feel already that my mind is not as sharp as it was, and I worry that without work pushing me I might just end up slumping into sloth…
I don't know, it just feels against the natural order not to be working whilst I am still able to. Perhaps that's just overblown Calvinistic work ethic (although, I should emphasise, I am NOT a workaholic - I haven't worked full time since my kids were born - but my job is quite demanding nonetheless)
I just wondered how many of you have these hangups, and do they go away once you finally get the courage to pull the plug