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Traditionally, retiring entails leaving the workforce permanently. However, experts found that the very definition of retirement is also changing between generations.

About 41% of Gen Z and 44% of millennials — those who are currently between 27 and 42 years old — are significantly more likely to want to do some form of paid work during retirement.

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This increasing preference for a lifelong income, could perhaps make the act of “retiring” obsolete.

Although younger workers don’t intend to stop working, there is still an effort to beef up their retirement savings.

It's ok! Don't ever retire! Just work until you die, preferably not at work, where we'd have to deal with the removal of your corpse.

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[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

Okay but like, why don't you do something for yourself instead of working for someone else.

I'm convinced people with this attitude can't think for themselves and must be directed by a superior or they're useless.

Focus on yourself instead.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social -1 points 1 year ago

I do do things for myself. What I do for work is also my hobby, but I have zero self control. I would happily dive into my side projects for weeks on end just to have them crash and burn from burnout or from my getting side-tracked.

Last time I wasn't working I lasted about six months before I had to get back to some sort of work simply because my own personal projects became extremely boring. Even things I have put years into at this point, I ended up getting bored quickly even though I hadn't increased my workload

To be clear, I wouldn't be working full-time, but I enjoy the unique challenges that work brings me. It gives me things to think about and solve that I wouldn't have considered, and that helps keep the burnout at bay

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I would happily dive into my side projects for weeks on end just to have them crash and burn from burnout or from my getting side-tracked. ... I had to get back to some sort of work simply because my own personal projects became extremely boring

You're really just reaffirming my position here. You can't keep yourself interested without having someone else direct you.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago

No, I just need to be better about moderating myself. I still work on my side projects quite a lot, but having something else to do helps keep me motivated.

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