Quote from: KARSASA on Today at 06:58:10 AM

Quote from: playyamy on Today at 06:56:49 AM

Quote from: PEANUTUT on Today at 06:54:29 AM

I feel like this ever since I finally got into the role I spent four years working towards. I just want to stay home and be left alone. Every day I push myself to go do my job and it’s demands. I often find myself daydreaming about not having to work or worry about making money. To just be able to not work would be amazing. I think I’m mostly just really worn out from four intense years of study and work and now my mind and body want a rest. I’m really looking forward to a two week staycation over Christmas. Hopefully that eases my constant day dreaming about not working.

Same here. What really scares me is the people I run across that can retire and choose not to. This one old guy who was just past retirement age told me that he had enough money in the bank and a pension which would have allowed him to retire a couple of years ago but he didn't know what he would do with his time. It was the most depressing thing I'd ever heard

What's so depressing about that old guy not wanting to retire? is it because;

a) all that working made him lose his personality and he longer knows what to do with all his spare time
OR

b) the fact that he's old and still working

idk why you feel sorry for that old guy he seems to be in a good position in life

Not exactly, it's because I'm afraid it could happen to me. I could fall so deeply into my routine that I lose touch with the things that make me happy outside of work. I'm only working to earn my way into retirement so I can focus on the things I want to do. What a depressing reality it is to think that by the time you get there I could find that the only thing in my life that makes me happy anymore is going to the same mundane job I've had for years.