I thought of this one day and it did seem a tad depressing, but on the other hand…

I did well in school, but I could never just mentally relax. After being at school all day, there was always something I was supposed to still be doing…homework, studying, etc. my time at home was never fully “me time,” as there was always more work I was supposed to be doing at home.

Now that I work full time, when I get home, there’s nothing I’m obligated to do. I physically cannot take work home from my job and I’m very happy that it works that way. I can completely and fully relax and forget about work at the end of the day. There’s no homework or studying that I’m supposed to be doing. Plus, I make money now as opposed to when I was in school and so I can buy whatever the fuck I want.

I realize that not everyone has a job like that. My brother has a WFH job and seems like he works 24/7. But I’m thankful that I have an entirely separate work life…I’m either on the clock physically at work or I’m not. And I have a much more satisfactory work life balance than I did when I was in school.

67.5 is I guess what the retirement age will be to collect “social security.” So only another 30 and change years, on top of the 16 I’ve been in my field. I pray I can work from 2008 to 2054 and that my job doesn’t disappear into nothingness, that or the world ends. Working forever is unfortunately not the worst case scenario!

My grandfather, great guy, loved him, but I don’t remember him working, ever. He retired when I was very young, maybe four or five. Back when the retirement age was 55. Full pension, call it a day. It’s just crazy to me. 67.5 will be the retirement age, and I’m just hopeful I’ll be lucky enough to take advantage.