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I'll take my chances.
Not telling you what to do, just suggesting to stay conscious of it. Watch what happens to other people who try and retire without a plan to keep busy. They melt, seen it.
The fact people go through their whole lives, retire, then have nothing they enjoy is so depressing
They never developed any hobbies, never found what they actually enjoy in life, and have few, if any, friends
I've seen a fair number of boomer men like this. Don't have anything in their life except work
And those people tend to die fairly quickly after retirement. I work with a guy that holds this belief, so he swears he'll work until he dies. He's already 75 and working in a foundry doing work that's harder than a 75 year old should realistically be doing. I mean, props to him that he physically still can. But he's at the point where he can't remember names and faces, and it's like dude... At this point you may be putting other people's lives in danger. Time to get a safer job if you want to keep working.
My dad is the same way. Into his 70s doing manual labor. He doesn't even need to, but he just doesn't know what else to do most of the time
He once said his retirement plan is when he can't work anymore, he wants someone to wheel him out back and give him the Old Yeller treatment
God damn that's blunt, and sad.
I should perhaps mention he was kidding, in a dark boomer type of humor. He does genuinely seem unable imagine a life without work though
Still, that's the sad part.
A hobby is still short of a purpose, most of the time.
What makes you feel that way?
Is making money the only thing that gives us purpose?
When I worked in tech, did that job give me more purpose than when I now work on side projects for free? I certainly feel the opposite way, anecdotally
How about when I go flying? Or scuba diving? Would I inherently have more purpose if I were a pilot for hire or working as a professional diver?
I'm performing the same actions whether or not I'm paid to do it. I derive joy from learning and building things. I don't particularly derive any joy from making money, beyond meeting my basic needs
Each person is different. Where we find purpose depends on our own values, experiences, and beliefs
I just think too many people get to retirement without finding what gives them purpose outside of work
You're reading “purpose” as “paid employment”, which isn't what I mean. Your side projects could absolutely provide that. Learning, building things, contributing to something you care about, none of that needs a salary attached.
I'm saying that having things you enjoy doing isn't necessarily the same as having something that sustains your motivation over decades. You can have a list of things you'd love to do tomorrow and still struggle for direction five years later, once the novelty wears off or your interests change.
That's what I mean by staying conscious of it. “I'll quit work and enjoy my hobbies” sounds straightforward, but building a fulfilling life around that can take more thought and effort than people expect.
What makes me feel this way is what ive seen happen to people who thought they could retire early and just drift. Depression and alcoholism, pretty consistently, cognitive decline.