• pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Not necessarily, as another commenter said they need something “fulfilling” to do with the rest of their lives. After you’ve been working for 50-60+ years, 5 days a week, 8-16 hours a day, and then you suddenly have every day free you don’t know what to do with the time. I’ve been unemployed a few times for a year at a time and after about 3-4 months it starts to get pretty boring.

      My uncle lived to 100, he was completely healthy at 98 and would walk a mile or two a day around town, but broke his hip, the recovery process is practically what killed him because he could no longer be active every day. For like 6-9 months he just sat around, he’s muscles and mind atrophied, and the rest of his body started to “fall apart”, and he was never the same. He died about a year later.

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        I have sooooo many fulfilling projects that I could be doing if I didn’t have to serve capital for food.

        It’s a real shame how being used (aka employed) saps people of their individual time, labor, desires, projects, etc.

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          3 months ago

          Stuff costs money and hobbies do get old after a while, but there is a lot of stuff you can do, you just have to be willing to do it.

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      3 months ago

      Probably but I feel there’s some truth to it. If you retire and sit on your ass all day, that is also not good for your health.

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        My brother and I were both worried about our workaholic father when he was about to retire. He made so many projects for himself (genealogy of our family, writing a book, building a mechanical prototype, etc) that he always said he had not enough time in a day.

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          3 months ago

          Ya so he is still “working”. I think many watch tv and eat. Lol.

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            3 months ago

            “Working” for yourself is radically different from being used (aka employed) by someone else.

            Nobody actually wants to serve some master for food until the day that they die.

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              3 months ago

              My point is working seems to allow for a longer life vs those who sit on a couch when they retire

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      3 months ago

      My father-in-law retired at 60. He didn’t make it to 70. There’s nothing for him to do so he drank almost everyday.