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Originally Posted by Bearcat
It's exactly what Detoxing said...
...you don't just work, pay bills, and die. You're always (or, should always be) planning towards a life where work isn't everything and even enjoyable,, and then retirement. It sucks there's no guarantee you'll make it that long, but you're either choosing a life with zero retiring ever, or a life where you could enjoy a decade or four living off savings and getting back some of that social security money you invested for 50+ years.
It's just not something they teach kids... not that they would listen.
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Right.
And even before retirement, if all you do is work pay bills and die, that’s on you man. There are 8760 hours in a year. If you work 2200 hours a year there are still 6560 hours that are all yours. Even if you sleep the full 8, that’s only 2920 hours. That means there are 3640 hours that are all yours. That’s 165% more free time than work time. If you sleep 8hours which no one does.
If you’re going to let 2200 hours ruin the other 6560 hours, that’s just you being a miserable ****. That’s the reality of it.
I work way, way more than 2200 hours, and I don’t feel like I’m just going to work, paying bills and dying.
Moreover, I’ve done some taxes for retired folks that are a horror show. 20k ish Social Security LESS Medicare, and a little bit of retirement or pension or something else they can scrounge together. And they probably owe tax too because nothing is withheld. Living entirely on that late in life is reason enough to go work your ass off now.
I just don’t buy that work bills die shit. Sure the path I chose isn’t for everybody (or many people at all), but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve happiness.