QofD: What To Do
Jan. 27th, 2016 02:27 pmLJs question of the day:
Oh. My. God. So many things would change.
Let's face it, I would spend the first three months sleeping in and playing video games. Because why the fuck not?
Then I would finally have the time and spoons to take care of the meatsuit properly - physio, proper exercise, learning how to cook meals that don't make me sick. I could take brain meds when I need them instead of having to worry about how to fit the side effects around having to hold down a job.
I would be able to spend more time with my family. (Who I love dearly but who sometimes take more energy than I have when I have to deal with All The Things on weekends.) I could really be there for my mother, who has more than her own fair share of health issues.
I could finish all the house projects. Take classes. Write. Learn how to code. Make art. Visit friends. Plant a garden. Learn to sew. Build things. Fix up my bike. Research my family tree. Learn to weld. Explore all the local places I mean to go back to and never do. Get involved in local politics. Volunteer.
If money isn't an issue, I would travel. A lot.
Unfortunately I don't think I'll actually get to do any of those things. Because of the current policy of giving all the money to billionaires, I doubt I will ever have the money to retire.
It's a nice fantasy, though.
(Also the people I work with who say they would be bored if they retired early? What the fuck is with that!?)
What To Do
If you retired tomorrow (or in some other way no longer had to work a job anymore), how would you spend the free time you suddenly had? Would it be new hobbies, volunteering, visiting family/friends? To what age do you think you'll have to work before you can retire?
Oh. My. God. So many things would change.
Let's face it, I would spend the first three months sleeping in and playing video games. Because why the fuck not?
Then I would finally have the time and spoons to take care of the meatsuit properly - physio, proper exercise, learning how to cook meals that don't make me sick. I could take brain meds when I need them instead of having to worry about how to fit the side effects around having to hold down a job.
I would be able to spend more time with my family. (Who I love dearly but who sometimes take more energy than I have when I have to deal with All The Things on weekends.) I could really be there for my mother, who has more than her own fair share of health issues.
I could finish all the house projects. Take classes. Write. Learn how to code. Make art. Visit friends. Plant a garden. Learn to sew. Build things. Fix up my bike. Research my family tree. Learn to weld. Explore all the local places I mean to go back to and never do. Get involved in local politics. Volunteer.
If money isn't an issue, I would travel. A lot.
Unfortunately I don't think I'll actually get to do any of those things. Because of the current policy of giving all the money to billionaires, I doubt I will ever have the money to retire.
It's a nice fantasy, though.
(Also the people I work with who say they would be bored if they retired early? What the fuck is with that!?)