• 9point6@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        It’s kinda funny watching neoliberal zealots try to rationalise how their economic system eating itself is actually a good thing.

        Well, kinda funny in a you’d-cry-if-you-didn’t-laugh way, since we’re all in it

        • novibe@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          8 months ago

          All we can hope is that China will be a better superpower than the US was 🤷‍♂️ the collapse of the west seems inevitable.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      What my retirement is shaping up to look like:

      • Steam backlog with over a thousand games
      • Dozens of board games
      • Card games
      • Gigs worth of TTRPG PDFs
      • Gigs of Audiobooks
      • Terabytes of TV and Movies
      • Snowboarding
      • Skateboarding
      • Mountain biking
      • Off-Grid Van Life
      • Learning guitar
      • Learning electronic music production

      I dunno. I suspect I won’t miss office politics, stressed clients and the rest much.

      EDIT:

      I forgot to add “painting table top miniatures” and “modding guitars” to the list. Here is a Washburn I modded into a rubber bridge.

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Ill be honest, I’ve seen people (mostly family) that work their ass off to retire and once retiring they basically give up. They don’t take care of themselves, exercise or do anything mentally stimulating. Just watching the news and tv then doing the bare minimum to stay alive.

    Because of that their health is very poor and they physically cannot do much and honestly seem to live a pretty miserable life.

    They also have lots of chronic pain from working so hard that affects them in retirement. My mom worked in a chair for 12 hours, 60 hours a week and has severe chronic pain from sitting. Being out of shape she can’t stand for very long and chronic pain means she can’t sit very long, she has to spend most of her life in bed.

    Personally I believe it’s the best to live life now and have a “soft” retirement, reducing days and hours worked as you age. Human biology is made to work (physically and mentally) and the lack of it degrades our bodies and health.

    So It’s technically “never retiring” but personally I think it’s the better option.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 months ago

      Hobbies volunteering, travel, or whatever else you feel like doing other than grinding 9-5 for Mr. Johnson is a better option.

    • MrBusiness@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I envy you nap people, everyone in my family takes naps. I take a nap, wake up with a headache, then can’t properly go to sleep later. My body’s like ‘you slept for 20mins? Nah, you’re gonna need another cup of coffee now.’

      • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Always prepare your naps in the following way.

        1. Have water and maybe something sweet nearby to help wake you up.
        2. Have a timer on so you do not sleep too long.
        3. Have a pillow or something allowing you to sit up a little bit afterwards.

        Then just schedule some time after your timer goes off where you just ease into the pain of being sentient again. It is also possible to drink coffee before you nap, since the effects of caffeine will not kick in before after you wake up. Regarding the first point it is also really sweet (pun intended) to put say a small piece of chocolate on your tongue and just sit up and close your eyes.

        Lastly, you just have to learn what works for you. Falling asleep is also not mandatory for resting well!