QofD: What To Do
Jan. 27th, 2016 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanLJs 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!?)
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Date: 2016-01-29 07:40 am (UTC)I'd get bored.
I struggle with time off work. Of course, going to work can also be a struggle.
But I do require tremendous amounts of extrinsic motivation.
learning how to cook meals that don't make me sick.
Since I assume you can cook, do you mean various allergies, intolerances and (my favourite) inexplicable yick?
(no subject)
Date: 2016-01-29 02:53 pm (UTC)Does boredom not count as extrinsic motivation?
I'm sure there are people out there who are doing what they want to do and enjoy their work. I, on the other hand, work in a cubicle farm. I can think of lots of more productive uses of my time.
Since I assume you can cook, do you mean various allergies, intolerances and (my favourite) inexplicable yick?
Why on earth would you assume I can cook?
I can sorta feed myself enough to not die. Keeping me alive and keeping me healthy are two different things though.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-02-04 07:30 am (UTC)Not for me.
Why on earth would you assume I can cook?
You got this far. It was a reasonable assumption. Plus, you come from an era where (I'm guessing, you did Home Ec at school).
I can sorta feed myself enough to not die. Keeping me alive and keeping me healthy are two different things though.
I enjoy cooking (most of the time).
I enjoy wine.
I enjoy cooking with wine.
Which doesn't always go well with problem solving, but here we are.
Keeping me alive and keeping me healthy are two different things though.
True that.
Good luck with it. Hopefully you don't find it too difficult.