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Do you ever think about what you would do in retirement?
- Thread starter Phonzo
- Start date
Retirement? Hahahaha
Millennials will never be able to afford to retire. I'll die as a working, broke renter.
Millennials will never be able to afford to retire. I'll die as a working, broke renter.
Retirement? Lmao.
That's some funny shit. Republicans will outlaw retiring in the US by the time I'm old enough to think about retiring.
That's some funny shit. Republicans will outlaw retiring in the US by the time I'm old enough to think about retiring.
Why do you think I'm accumulating so much of a backlog?
I'm just hopeful that by the time I need to be in a nursing home, they'll just jack our brains into some matrix type shit so I don't have to live with the terrors of my body and mind deteriorating
I'm just hopeful that by the time I need to be in a nursing home, they'll just jack our brains into some matrix type shit so I don't have to live with the terrors of my body and mind deteriorating
I hope to be healthy enough to still travel, read, and just generally let my curiosity and passion decide what I want to do on a given day.
Fingers crossed that I actually get to do it and live long enough to enjoy it.
Fingers crossed that I actually get to do it and live long enough to enjoy it.
With how things are nowdays I think it is more important than ever to enjoy what you have today instead of looking too far into the future. Might sound a bit grim but I really don't know if retirement in 35 years or so will be even comparable to what we have today. My retirement won't be as comfortable as my parents, that much is certain.
They'll have social security. It's likely we won't.
Anyway, I plan to use my time to travel, catch up on video games, and cook good food.
Got a 401K going but aside from making sure I'm contributing to that there's really nothing else I'm concerning myself with. Just hoping I can get to that point in life.
edit:
if I am successful at actually retiring.
I would just go back to my native Portugal and just chill and relax until death.
Canada is great for work but fuck the snow
if I am successful at actually retiring.
I would just go back to my native Portugal and just chill and relax until death.
Canada is great for work but fuck the snow
Travelling, move somewhere warm, spend a lot of time with my son and his family assuming he wants/gets one.
Read, paint, hike, travel and spend some time at the beach. Maybe garden.
But I'm sure retirement will be a pipe dream by the time I get to that age.
But I'm sure retirement will be a pipe dream by the time I get to that age.
All you people thinking you will work until death:
I am sorry (?) to tell you but in 30-40 years, when you are tired and ripe for retirement, there won't be any jobs left for you. Automation will take care of that.
I am sorry (?) to tell you but in 30-40 years, when you are tired and ripe for retirement, there won't be any jobs left for you. Automation will take care of that.
Where I would move: Probably stay here at my house.
How much money: I hope a yearly retirement income of about $25,000 should be more than enough.
What I'll be doing: Playing video games.
Drink tiki drinks and hopefully never have to worry about money. Unlikely at best!
But I'd like to go somewhere warm, where the living is easy and my robot car can drive me around to my errands. A place I can still be social and talk to people... will probably still do part time work if I can.
But I'd like to go somewhere warm, where the living is easy and my robot car can drive me around to my errands. A place I can still be social and talk to people... will probably still do part time work if I can.
Anybody making a plan on working until they die is being foolish. Your body and/or mind can break down to where you can't work. Also, age discrimination is very much a thing. Even getting past 45 in some industries means people don't want to hire you and/or will find a way to get rid of you. They'll never tell you the real reason but age discrimination certainly exists. Unless you own your own company, of course.
As for me, I hope I'm still hiking and going out in nature. I'd also like to volunteer. I did so several times when my kids were in elementary school and it's rewarding helping kids learn to read and do math as a volunteer.
As for me, I hope I'm still hiking and going out in nature. I'd also like to volunteer. I did so several times when my kids were in elementary school and it's rewarding helping kids learn to read and do math as a volunteer.
I retired seven years ago and my schedule is usually like this:
8:00 - 12:00 Breakfast, coffee, and internet
12:00 - 3:00 A few chores, shopping, this and that
3:00 - 4:30 Lunch and Netflix
Rest of the day: Free time
But I try to be flexible; yesterday we had an overnight snow so at 9:00 in the morning I took my dog out for a hour-long walk in the snow-covered woods down at the end of my street.
8:00 - 12:00 Breakfast, coffee, and internet
12:00 - 3:00 A few chores, shopping, this and that
3:00 - 4:30 Lunch and Netflix
Rest of the day: Free time
But I try to be flexible; yesterday we had an overnight snow so at 9:00 in the morning I took my dog out for a hour-long walk in the snow-covered woods down at the end of my street.
I would love to do some hiking, kayak on a lake and just relax.
I'm CT so first thing I would do is move. Snow/cold weather is not part of my plan.
I'm CT so first thing I would do is move. Snow/cold weather is not part of my plan.
sit around
watch movies
complain about them on the internet, or maybe by then i'll go to get breakfast at a local restaurant every morning and yell across the room to other old people about the movies.
move somewhere warm year round
watch movies
complain about them on the internet, or maybe by then i'll go to get breakfast at a local restaurant every morning and yell across the room to other old people about the movies.
move somewhere warm year round
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Do you still live in the same place you always had? If not, why haven't you decided to move somewhere cheaper, and warmer (if thats your thing)?
Gym, sit on a board, non profit consulting, urban exploration, cooking/culture classes
I don't think I would want to spend a lot of hours playing video game in one sitting in retirement. That was my dream when I was in middle school but I easily hit video game fatigued when I allowed myself to spend days just playing video games.
I don't think I would want to spend a lot of hours playing video game in one sitting in retirement. That was my dream when I was in middle school but I easily hit video game fatigued when I allowed myself to spend days just playing video games.