UniversalMonk

joined 2 weeks ago
[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

Yep, pretty much the game I played. You're doing it right.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

You'll be fine. You got this, brother!

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As long as Trump doesn't decide to suddenly end pension plans! I mean, i don't really think that will happen, but he's so batshit crazy, who knows. So I figure I should take the jump now and maybe any law changes that would happen would go towards people who aren't collecting the pension yet.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

My pension plan is for state workers. So we can retire at 55 if we have at least 20 years service in. I turned 55 this year, and hit my 20th year this year.

Of course, the longer I keep working, the bigger my pension would be. I took my current job with the plan to work for 3 more years, then retire.

And I like my current job enough, but every single morning after I turned 55, when I wake up, I think to myself, "Shit if I were retired, I wouldn't have to go anywhere."

My job is a 10-minute walk away. So I really have no right to bitch about it at all. But just "having" to be somewhere, gets on my nerves so much now! lol

So since I don't owe anybody shit, and I can live off of potatoes and beans, I'll get by just fine. I don't give a shit what people think of me, so no keeping up appearances. That right there, makes my lifestyle sustainable on low income.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

That's awesome, it seems really far away, but trust me, it goes by quick. I'm 55 and I retire in a few months. And I remember thinking it seemed so far away. And fuck, now I'm here. Crazy.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep! I retire in 5 months. 55 years old. With full pension.

My house is paid off and I have no debt. Since I have no bills, my pension will cover my needs just fine. It's not a huge pension or anything, but I've worked for my state for most of my adult life, and whittled down my bills to almost nothing. So I'll get by just fine.

I plan to just spend my time in retirement doing exactly what I want. I've recently started a local branch of my favorite socialist party, so I'll devote more time to that.

Plus, I'll do a lot of writing, a lot of Lemmy posting, garden more so I can grow most of my meals, and doing DIY solar projects so that I can cut back on my bills even farther. Because fuck the capitalist power infrastructure in my state. My state's BS laws won't let me go completely off-grid while here in the city, but I plan on reducing how much I have to pay as far down as I can go

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

This is good news. I've been following this since the beginning. Very happy they found the guy guilty!!

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee -2 points 5 days ago

I actually like Elon Musk! So I'm glad he is standing up to all the people who try to trash him daily. He's kicking ass, now.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Yep, and it flopped. lol

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Oh this should be interesting. Or terrible!

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

as Zemeckis has already pitched the idea at Universal and “they don’t get it.”

I'm with them. I don't get it. It sounds like a horrible idea.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think this is a great way to go about things. I like how you are approaching this and I agree with all of your points. One of the reasons that this is gonna be my main instance from now on. Love it here. Thanks for all of your work!

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