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But then watching the documentary "No Escape From Now" added even more sorrow to the loss as he and his family were looking forward to retirement and relaxing like a (semi) normal family and then 17 days later he dies.
17 days of retirement? Not bad.
That's pretty good for a retirement speedrun.
Live fast retire faster
That's 17 days more than what the government approves.
This was my dad's fate. Dude finally retired after a long life of hard work and immense chronic pain, and his fucking heart blew up a few months later.
Never wait till later to be happy
We need to release the concept of retirement. We are not made to be passive, do nothing. Just live. Do things, whatever -- stay active until the day you cannot. Like Ozzie did.
Retirement isn't "stop doing things", it's "stop slaving away for the great capitalist machine for minimal personal benefit".
In a broken society, indeed.
You're right. Retirement is a term used as a carrot at the end of stick. You'll never get it, or it will be stale when you finally catch it. I don't know that many happy retired people. Sure they got off the rat wheel, but at what cost? An entire life spend on making billionaires richer. Fuck that.
Forget about retirement. Instead, I suggest focusing and actively working on making life worth living before getting too old. Demand better working conditions if work is what's making life miserable.
Live in the here and now, every day, again and again.