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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think its good to keep working, but only doing the things that you actually enjoy or have value outside of a paycheck. When I "retired" I found it kind of hollow and it was not all it was supposed to be.

[–] Darken@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think that's called having a hobby

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd personally love to see retired people getting into DnD for the first time. I imagine if everyone is retired it'd be easier to schedule out.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I have my hip replacement this week and next week the grandkids are in town. Week after that I have a bad fall scheduled. After that I should be free, might be dead idk.

[–] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

My father lasted a year in retirement, after which he got so bored he went back to his last job as a "consultant" to his successor, effectively continuing what he had been doing in the previous ten or so years, except only visiting the office when he felt like it.

I don't recall him ever enjoying this job at all, but it seems sitting around with a sole purpose of waiting to die is even less fun

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

I have so many things I'd like to do, except I'm so tired after work and the things I need to do to maintain my life that aren't called work for some strange reason. Provided I have the money to retire and afford the things I want to do, I will have plenty to keep myself busy for another lifetime.

If you can't find ways to keep busy in your retirement, that's on you. If you would rather spend that time working, that's fine, too, but society shouldn't expect that of us. If you can't afford to, that's a separate problem, and partly due to society, too.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I am going to the office once in a while when I feel like it. Am I retired?