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What does 'retirement' look like for you?

I hear it all the time. People want to save up X amount so they can retire. Apparently, it is this time and space we are all supposed to want to get to. But what does it mean? I hear things like I want to travel, I want to have free time to spend with family, I want to not have to work, I want to play golf, I want to buy some property. And what else? What next?

For me, if I am not working on building or contributing something towards a vision, I feel like I have no purpose. What is a hu-man with no purpose? Where are we truly headed, perhaps it is a mirage. I think what we really want is freedom to work on the things we want to work on. Don't we all want a reason to get up in the morning? Don't we always want to have a goal in mind to work towards?

What if you suddenly had financial freedom? How would you actually spend your days. Have you thought about what you would do in your 'retirement'? Obviously this is a very personal question. I want to hear what people are passionate about making happen in their future. And if we are making things happen, are we really re-tired or are we just finally free? Why would want anyone to be tired again? 😉

Thank you for reading and commenting. 💚

Henry 9mo ago

Doing all the things I do on days that start with an S on all the days that end with a y.

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n0>1 9mo ago

Why wait? Why not have our 'jobs' be something we are passionate about? What do you like to do on the 'weekends'? Would that change if you didn't work a job?

Henry 9mo ago

I do like my job just don't want to do it all the time. Once I have earned enough money to fix the problems with my house I am cutting back to 3 days or so just enough to pay the bills I cant really escape so easily. Would have done it already but inflation has set that back a bit.

n0>1 9mo ago

Thats cool that you will be able to cut back on work. If only we had a way to combat 'inflation' 👀

Henry 9mo ago

Yeah still working that one out 😂

jamw 9mo ago

The masses, especially in the UK and US pretty much work in order to buy/own shelter. That’s where it’s all gone wrong - the “dream of owning one’s home”.

n0>1 9mo ago

That is a real problem. I am hopeful that we are in a for a big shift. Of course there will be much pain first.

jamw 9mo ago

It’s a disheartening fiat trap. I see the younger gen now taking out 40-year mortgages to try and realise this dream. I can almost guarantee that if you gave them some shelter and a bit of land they’d all become self-sufficient/work for themselves, effectively “retiring” from the fiat system of work.

n0>1 9mo ago

That's basically what I did. I had the home with a decent mortage situation and I still had to get away. I realize this is a difficult thing to accomplsh for most now. I would love to see more people following their passions. Not sure how we get there though.

jamw 9mo ago

Yeah, I think it ended for many around 2004/5/6. If you hadn’t got on the “housing ladder” by then you were effectively screwed. Those keeping up with the fiat system are literally in the top 10% or so of workers/earners now. That’s a shed load of people who are not keeping up… And yep not really sure how this changes besides actual revolution. Like you, I’d love to see this change. I can only envisage smaller communities and perhaps only local government. Community farms supplying local areas, people getting involved and helping each other in their community. But I think human greed (and the want for power) is such a powerful force that this would probably get disrupted / corrupted over time too.

Henry 9mo ago

Plan is to put prices up until I get sacked everywhere 😂