Can a person really love their job/career?
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I've got the perfect job: go in late, leave early, and in between I do mindless shit as I see fit. I like the people I work with and they seem to like me. And it pays so poorly that Uncle Sam kicked me a little bonus this year (thanks again to @mcmurtry66 and @JamieDimonsBalls ).
I like my job...I don't love it. I hate getting up at 4:45 five days a week.
I like some of the people I work with now, but not as much as the ones I worked with 35, 30, 25, or 20 years ago.
I look forward to retirement in a couple of years, but worry about the possibility of it speeding up the aging process.
We'll see.
I like some of the people I work with now, but not as much as the ones I worked with 35, 30, 25, or 20 years ago.
I look forward to retirement in a couple of years, but worry about the possibility of it speeding up the aging process.
We'll see.
Agree with aging part. That's why I think most need something whether it be a job or volunteering. Just something for an extra purpose to fit in between hobbies and relaxing.
I just don't want to turn all bitter and know-it-all-ish, all while obviously slowing down a step mentally...like COH, Floor, or mcm.
BTW, am I crushing it today, or what?
You'd look good in a NAPA hat.I just don't want to turn all bitter and know-it-all-ish, all while obviously slowing down a step mentally...like COH, Floor, or mcm.
BTW, am I crushing it today, or what?
Don’t you sell shocks and struts on the side? Looking for a set for my bride’s car.
Too many cameras these days for independent distributors.
what about don trump jr?, he gets to snort coke while he does whatever he does
That's okay...you can pay me cash under the table.
I actually prefer it that way. Tax purposes.
Nice.
I would assume, given your gregarious and easygoing nature, those are pretty substantial.
No one in the store gets more than me.
Find a message board populated by youngsters with brains full of mush. The challenges there will keep you young.
Oh, the gomers. Yeah, there’s that too.
I think some at the AOTF consider the WC the Gomer Pyle of Shit.
I don't love my job, but I really really like it.
I've been in management and absolutely hated my life. Was getting paid really good money, but stressing out so much and losing so much sleep because of the higher ups. All the bickering from the hourly employees felt like high school. I could do it anymore and did the one thing I told myself I'd never do... I quit without a backup. And then covid hit. That was even worse timing on my part. Thank God for savings.
My job now (vending driver) isnt a fancy job, but it's good for me. It's an all right paying job, meaning I have enough to pay my bills and put some away every month (I'll never take another job just for the money). My boss called me yesterday just to chat because we haven't talked in a couple weeks just to see how I was doing. I go in when I want and leave when my route is done. I pop in my airpods during work and listen to a couple podcasts and if I get thirsty, I grab a Gatorade out of a machine. If I need to run a errand while on my route, they don't care, as long as it gets done. It's a pretty good gig.
Stress free is the way to go.
I've been in management and absolutely hated my life. Was getting paid really good money, but stressing out so much and losing so much sleep because of the higher ups. All the bickering from the hourly employees felt like high school. I could do it anymore and did the one thing I told myself I'd never do... I quit without a backup. And then covid hit. That was even worse timing on my part. Thank God for savings.
My job now (vending driver) isnt a fancy job, but it's good for me. It's an all right paying job, meaning I have enough to pay my bills and put some away every month (I'll never take another job just for the money). My boss called me yesterday just to chat because we haven't talked in a couple weeks just to see how I was doing. I go in when I want and leave when my route is done. I pop in my airpods during work and listen to a couple podcasts and if I get thirsty, I grab a Gatorade out of a machine. If I need to run a errand while on my route, they don't care, as long as it gets done. It's a pretty good gig.
Stress free is the way to go.
Unbelievable to read. Would have been good to know all this before counting you as my financial advisor
I wouldn’t have stayed in the Navy for 26 years if I hadn’t loved it. I didn’t love every tour, but I loved most and I especially loved my time at sea at many of our liberty port visits. Can’t beat a cigar on the bridge wing at sunset a thousand miles from land either.
I’ve enjoyed my post-Navy civilian career as well, but can’t say I loved it. I think I’ll love retirement in a year or two much more.
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I loved 80% of my job until about the last year or so. To me it wasn't work, it was fun.
I assume the majority are using social media to make them feel better about their job, employer or general situation.
Bingo.... FDA crap made me retire early (53). I planned on working til I was 58 when my wife could retire and we were gonna retire on the same day but stuff happens that changes plans. In my opinion there is no job that is better than retirement.
I have no schedule and we can travel when and where we want to.
I always told my daughter to get a job in something she liked to do even if the money is less. If you hate your job the days are long and if you love your job the days are short. I think too many people get a degree because of the money they can make rather than because they like what they'd be doing with that degree. I switched majors in midstream because I found something I liked even better than what I was getting my original degree in.
That's the problem with humanities degrees, though. You can't monetize them and no one wants to train you or mentor you in the workplace.
Work and careers can be a total mind game, an unreasonable stressor, and a soul-crusher. That's mostly because you're not in full control and are subject to whims, judgments, and decisions of others. But I think there's a beauty in that (at least if there's a leadership team that holds promise of at least some good happening). Navigating other people, learning, growing, getting better at what you do, trying to make things in your immediate work world better and leaving something better behind, understanding how people think and operate, learning and understanding how organizations work, dealing with conflict, engaging in competition, contemplating the greater good and not just what's good for you ... all those things create incredible richness of understanding, insight, and personal development.
Achievement is good too, but I think Vonnegut was definitely on to something.
That's not to say it's still not a soul-crusher on some days. And constant (and natural) worry about being appreciated and recognized and being compensated appropriately (both as a function of maintaining lifestyle and maybe more importantly feeling valued) can become a huge weight. The weight is too much and the reward too slight if leadership doesn't hold the possibility of maybe good organizational things to come. But if people are able to put themselves aside a bit, understand that it's not just all about them, that most everybody (in a good organization) is facing the same thing and trying their best, some profound contentment can come from being part of the human thing.
We live in a society. A lot of people would like to pretend otherwise. Truths come from the social realities. Rejecting them and only viewing all of it as a competition or only wanting to get yours leads to bitterness, anger and withdrawal for anyone who's not a lottery winner (metaphorical or literal).
The growth never stops. I think the good ones don't forget that.
How do you manage medical coverage in early retirement? That’s the piece that concerns me most.Bingo.... FDA crap made me retire early (53). I planned on working til I was 58 when my wife could retire and we were gonna retire on the same day but stuff happens that changes plans. In my opinion there is no job that is better than retirement.
Well the company that I worked for provided medical coverage until I was 65. After that they have given me enough money each year to pay for my supplemental plan. I have to pay for my Medicare. However, they give me enough money to pay for part of it.
From 53 to 65? That's one hell of a sweetheart deal. Did you have pictures of someone?
