Can you afford to quit your job and be part of the Great Resignation?

[hoosierdoc]

I don’t know what I’d move to that pays more than I make now. I wanted to work in the adult film industry but that dream was crushed when my dad took me to the ER to get checked when I was 8 or 9.

Well played!!!

On a personal note. I love what I do at the bedside. I love interacting with patients. I detest the structure that exists around that now. Unfortunately the system is killing my joy. Not sure how long I'll last.

Trying to push retirement savings but not cut back lifestyle. That means i need to work more, which will likely hasten my frustration and Exit. Vicious cycle.

I dream of downsizing and moving to FL. Working a part time job at a slow ER to cover expenses, but then i feel i owe it to my family Tree to do what i can to buffer them from the crap that may be coming. Money helps that. Sigh.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I was semi retired until August when my boss offered me a pot of money and more importantly, paid vacation, retirement, and health insurance. Apparently I can be bought.

 

[rob63]

I retired at age 46 and became a stay-at-home dad, my wife is an attorney so we weren't hurting for money, and half of what I made just went to taxes and work related expenses anyway.

12 years later I can still honestly say that I have absolutely zero interest in having a job and have never looked back. Those of you that think work is important, good on ya, keep at it, but I enjoy doing whatever the heck I feel like. Never been happier or healthier.

 

[Super Bee]

Unless Publishers Clearinghouse knocks on my front door, I will need to continue to work.

To be honest, even if they did, I would probably still work. Sure I may spend the winter on the beach in Sarasota, but after that would find something to do. I like to stay busy.

 

[PistolBob]

Spouse is about to be 65, so we looked at getting signed up for Medicare. I am not retired and I work full time for good pay in a work from home IT job. Medicare sucks, and none of the supplements we looked at covered prescriptions worth anything, so the spouse will be staying on my health insurance as long as I continue to be employed there. So we are both working on our self health to try and get off some of these drugs so we don't have to hand over our life savings to the pharmas and marble walled hospitals.

 

[HoughMade]

I retired at age 46 and became a stay-at-home dad, my wife is an attorney so we weren't hurting for money, and half of what I made just went to taxes and work related expenses anyway.

12 years later I can still honestly say that I have absolutely zero interest in having a job and have never looked back. Those of you that think work is important, good on ya, keep at it, but I enjoy doing whatever the heck I feel like. Never been happier or healthier.

Work is important, but it doesn't have to be work for money or work for someone else.

 

[gregkl]

I retired at age 46 and became a stay-at-home dad, my wife is an attorney so we weren't hurting for money, and half of what I made just went to taxes and work related expenses anyway.

12 years later I can still honestly say that I have absolutely zero interest in having a job and have never looked back. Those of you that think work is important, good on ya, keep at it, but I enjoy doing whatever the heck I feel like. Never been happier or healthier.

Both of my brothers retired early. Neither are unhappy with that choice. Us three boys have enough interests outside of work to fill up the extra 40-50 hours/week.

The only reason I'm not following their path is financial.

My "identify" is not in my work. It's in what I do outside of work.

 

[Ingomike]

One point to remember, we are not a very representative group as most here are older and near retirement age.

What is the typical median age of INGO?

I would say 57…

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Can you afford to quit your job and be part of the Great Resignation? | The IBJ Podcast

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[rob63]

Both of my brothers retired early. Neither are unhappy with that choice. Us three boys have enough interests outside of work to fill up the extra 40-50 hours/week.

The only reason I'm not following their path is financial.

My "identify" is not in my work. It's in what I do outside of work.

I think you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. Whether it is Covid, or whatever else, a lot of people are realizing that their job title is not their identity and re-evaluating how they want to spend their time. The financial part is obviously the difficult part to work out.

 

[gregkl]

I think you hit the nail on the head with your last sentence. Whether it is Covid, or whatever else, a lot of people are realizing that their job title is not their identity and re-evaluating how they want to spend their time. The financial part is obviously the difficult part to work out.

identity though, not identify. Oops. Not like me to miss something like that.

 

[bobzilla]

To answer the question: yes. Yes we can. No mortgage or car payments and about 48 months of paying at our current rate of spending before we have to go back to work. **** ‘em.

 

[AtTheMurph]

I could but I don't want to. What the heck would you do all day?

 

[bobzilla]

I could but I don't want to. What the heck would you do all day?

First 2 weeks catch up on sleek. 3-15 would be projects that have been pushed back for years. Then travel.

 

[Tanfodude]

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[gregkl]

I could but I don't want to. What the heck would you do all day?

I could fill up 25 hours a day with stuff I like to do.

 

[Tombs]

I could but I don't want to. What the heck would you do all day?

I've been having to take care of family with failing health and mental faculties for the past couple years.

Between maintaining multiple properties, rebuilding and remodeling to keep things from falling apart, and trying to get in odd jobs on the side to make a buck to stay afloat, there's absolutely no shortage of things to get done. It'd be physically impossible to grind out a 40+ hour work week on top of all this.

At least I played things smart when I had the time available for a regular job, and can live relatively comfortably for the time being.

 

[bwframe]

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[actaeon277]

I could but I don't want to. What the heck would you do all day?

The million things that got pushed back because of long work hours

 

[wagyu52]

Two words, side hustle. Everyone should have one.