Does anyone else get sick at the thought of working for the next 40 years?

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baby and crumble wrote: »

I will honestly never forgive the school 'guidance counsellor' though, because I really didn't understand that you don't need to study 'school subjects' in college. Like, the variety of jobs and careers we were told about was laughable.

+1

Ours was totally against anyone going to college and thought all the guys should get factory work and all the girls become hair dressers.

When I told him I was heading for a degree in Applied Science he laughed at me and told me that wouldnt be much use to me when I got married :rolleyes:

seannash

How about you look at it differently and accept you dont like to work no matter what the job (Perfectly fine to admit, I;m the same)
Show me a job where I can go out and socialise with my friends, learn interesting tid bits about a wide range of topics and listen to great live acts and get paid for it and Ill be all over it.


Chances are I wont find such a job but for now I make my life outside of work about the above.
But to my original point of looking at it a different way. Lets accept that you will be in a job you dont like for the rest of your career. So find ways to shorten that career.
Look at the FIRE forum on Reddit and figure out how you can retire early.
No gimmicks, no striking it rich, no blog (Jesus could you really do that, they are pushing our society into a consumerist future where its all about looks and getting those likes baby)
Just saving, investing and bringing down your cost of living.


I have a feeling that this wont appeal either though. I feel you want a superstar lifestyle for doing nothing (Dont we all) but you could learn from the forum. I have a home, its not a big home but its a home that I've a small morgage on. Could I have gotten a bigger home with a bigger mortgage? Absolutely but the money I save every month allow me better holidays and more time socializing.
I'll never own a ferarri but I don't really want one. Perhaps that perspective comes with age though. I was a lot more materialistic when I was younger.



https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/

Pussyhands

seannash wrote: »

How about you look at it differently and accept you dont like to work no matter what the job (Perfectly fine to admit, I;m the same)
Show me a job where I can go out and socialise with my friends, learn interesting tid bits about a wide range of topics and listen to great live acts and get paid for it and Ill be all over it.


Chances are I wont find such a job but for now I make my life outside of work about the above.
But to my original point of looking at it a different way. Lets accept that you will be in a job you dont like for the rest of your career. So find ways to shorten that career.
Look at the FIRE forum on Reddit and figure out how you can retire early.
No gimmicks, no striking it rich, no blog (Jesus could you really do that, they are pushing our society into a consumerist future where its all about looks and getting those likes baby)
Just saving, investing and bringing down your cost of living.


I have a feeling that this wont appeal either though. I feel you want a superstar lifestyle for doing nothing (Dont we all) but you could learn from the forum. I have a home, its not a big home but its a home that I've a small morgage on. Could I have gotten a bigger home with a bigger mortgage? Absolutely but the money I save every month allow me better holidays and more time socializing.
I'll never own a ferarri but I don't really want one. Perhaps that perspective comes with age though. I was a lot more materialistic when I was younger.



https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/

The thing about FIRE is it's hard to know how much you actually need.

People talk about the state pension, well to me 250 a week is fine. You'll have your house paid off, you'll have cheaper electricity etc. I don't see myself spending big on gadgets/phones etc (not that I do now)

I have 70k in my current account with an average salary of 35-40k since I started working under 6 years ago. On one hand I feel like I'm in a great position but then I think of all the people earnign 60/70k and they don't appear to be any better off than me and talk about saving for deposits etc.

CalRobert

Pussyhands wrote: »

The thing about FIRE is it's hard to know how much you actually need.

People talk about the state pension, well to me 250 a week is fine. You'll have your house paid off, you'll have cheaper electricity etc. I don't see myself spending big on gadgets/phones etc (not that I do now)

I have 70k in my current account with an average salary of 35-40k since I started working under 6 years ago. On one hand I feel like I'm in a great position but then I think of all the people earnign 60/70k and they don't appear to be any better off than me and talk about saving for deposits etc.

Do these people have kids? Saving for deposits gets a hell of a lot harder when you're spending ~1100 a month on creche, or you're a one-income family.


Barring that, if you're single and earning 60k+ you probably _can_ save for a deposit, it's just less fun. Though it's amazing how fast it goes when your rent is 2k+ and you like going out.

OMM 0000

> Does anyone else get sick at the thought of working for the next 40 years?

No.

I've spent long periods where I didn't have to work, and it wasn't good for me. It's very easy to fall into the drinking, lethargy, aimless trap.

Having a reason to get up every day and use your mind is important.

You should not stay in a job or industry which makes you unhappy. It's never too late to change.

Creating your own business is also an option.

Personally I like working for startups as the hours are usually flexible, and there's usually very little politics or nonsense.