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PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. I think it depends on how much you identify with your job.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Dec 30, 2018, 02:56 AM

Dec 2018

Me, I never had a job I loved. It was just work. I went in, did what I was supposed to do, and got paid. I have never had a problem filling my time outside of a job, and not having to get up early and do something I'm not crazy about is wonderful. I can read. I can crochet. I can embroider. I can write short stories. I can go to science fiction things that interest me. I can visit family or friends. None of those things require very much money, but they do require having a sense of myself outside of a job.

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This first year of early retirement has been one of the hardest of my life [View all] Zorro Dec 2018 OP

So, you are unhappy? dhol82 Dec 2018 #1

Are you asking the author of the article or me? Zorro Dec 2018 #2

Totally agree. dhol82 Dec 2018 #3

When it comes to my job I'm like Dogbert: "All this and a paycheck too?" Xipe Totec Dec 2018 #4

I stopped to think to today --- I retired 12 years ago. I am 76. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #5

Sounds like a loneliness, rather than a retirement problem. marybourg Dec 2018 #9

Yes, depressed and lonely. 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #10

Volunteer at a school. Scarsdale Dec 2018 #12

Wow. I have no problem filling my days. I really don't get that part of it. SunSeeker Dec 2018 #6

I think it depends on how much you identify with your job. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #7

I missed my job for about 90 days dem in texas Dec 2018 #8

The guy retired at 41. That's very young for retirement. LisaL Dec 2018 #11

I retired 2 years ago idahoblue Dec 2018 #13