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Autumnlove92 t1_j159bps wrote

Reply to comment by ThrowawayTheLegend in [Image] “My goal is to build a life I don't need a vacation from." by Butterflies_Books

I have to work 2 jobs, 60hrs a week, just to get by paycheck to paycheck. 40hrs a week is like part time work to me now. I hate it. I hate slaving away just to work. Wake up, work, sleep, repeat. People ask what I do for fun -- I survive. I don't have TIME to do things for myself otherwise rent doesn't get paid. This isn't life. It's no wonder we're all depressed

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Fl333r t1_j15f6yr wrote

I wonder if the big brain move here to just work for a few years and retire and shoot myself when I run out of money somewhere in my 40s. The idea of working til 50 or 65 and then retiring with a decrepit body just doesn't sound fun even if you live til 95.

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Autumnlove92 t1_j15hdac wrote

I work in healthcare and literally ALL my coworkers and myself, at every job I've worked at -- from hospital to outpatient -- we've all said we don't want to live past 75. Me, I can't forsee myself last 67-70. It's misery. Government assistance is a joke, Medicare is laughable, and in this day and age there's no retiring for us millennials (unless you're born into wealth/got lucky) so we'll still be working at that age. I've had coworkers who are 72/73/74. They look one step away from death. I had one coworker, 64, who stepped down from full time to PRN because she physically couldn't handle it anymore but she began stressing SO much about how she'll buy groceries going forward. Yep, no thanks. If my life ends up like that, I'll be checking out. I'm almost 31 and I'm now on the hunt for a spouse even though I love being single. This isn't a world where I can thrive and survive by myself, unfortunately. I wasn't granted that card.

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jay-zd t1_j15l8r2 wrote

This is the hard truth! There must be away to overcome this madness and answer lies in that 1% who are enslaving entire world!

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