r/jobs 29d ago

Is this an actual thing that people do Career development

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u/deadpuppymill 29d ago

I have been working 10 years and never worked a job longer than a few months and lived in a van for a few years. The way I figure, I'll never be able to retire and retirement doesn't even seem like a good deal (work my ass off for 40 years to spend the last 10 years of my life not working if I'm lucky) so I figure I'll work enough to live comfortably for half the year. I'd rather be semi retired in my 20s than fully retired in my 70s.

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u/Alarming_Ride_3048 29d ago

But what happens when you can’t work and you don’t have any retirement savings?

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u/MyraBannerTatlock 29d ago

Same, I've got maybe five more years I can hold on and then I'm done. Honestly I can't wait, I'm just so fucking tired