"work to live" vs "live to work"
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Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
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Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
I don't really understand the question actually
We work so we CAN live! There is no choice and I'm sure most of us are the same.
I enjoy my job but I don't let it rule my life for a few reasons. First I don't get paid enough for it to take over personal time and secondly I enjoy my time away from work with my husband.
We work so we CAN live! There is no choice and I'm sure most of us are the same.
I enjoy my job but I don't let it rule my life for a few reasons. First I don't get paid enough for it to take over personal time and secondly I enjoy my time away from work with my husband.
#79
Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
I don't really understand the question actually
We work so we CAN live! There is no choice and I'm sure most of us are the same.
I enjoy my job but I don't let it rule my life for a few reasons. First I don't get paid enough for it to take over personal time and secondly I enjoy my time away from work with my husband.
We work so we CAN live! There is no choice and I'm sure most of us are the same.
I enjoy my job but I don't let it rule my life for a few reasons. First I don't get paid enough for it to take over personal time and secondly I enjoy my time away from work with my husband.
#80
Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
I've got an entirely unrelated question - what happens to future help a poster may need after they behave in a moronic way in a thread?
Entirely hypothetical, of course...
Entirely hypothetical, of course...
#85
Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
My priorities and perspective have changed over time.
Until my mid to late 30's I didn't distinguish "work to live" and "live to work" - I needed to work to make enough money to live but I also enjoyed what I did so there was no conflict.
Now, at 56, I still need to "work to live" - after 35 years or so I don't particularly enjoy what I do any more, but I am still good at it and it pays well so the most practical thing for me to do right now is to stick with it until I feel that I have enough money stashed away to retire, which is probably still about another 5 years away ...
Of course I have ideas of other things that I would rather be doing, and some of them would actually produce some income, but they would not produce *enough* income for me to live on so I would end up having to spend some of my savings (which, as I said, are still not quite at the point that I would like them to be) and probably have to go on working much longer that I really want to.
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Until my mid to late 30's I didn't distinguish "work to live" and "live to work" - I needed to work to make enough money to live but I also enjoyed what I did so there was no conflict.
Now, at 56, I still need to "work to live" - after 35 years or so I don't particularly enjoy what I do any more, but I am still good at it and it pays well so the most practical thing for me to do right now is to stick with it until I feel that I have enough money stashed away to retire, which is probably still about another 5 years away ...
Of course I have ideas of other things that I would rather be doing, and some of them would actually produce some income, but they would not produce *enough* income for me to live on so I would end up having to spend some of my savings (which, as I said, are still not quite at the point that I would like them to be) and probably have to go on working much longer that I really want to.
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But now that I'm in my early 50's, I see that I may not have that many active years ahead of me - ability to travel freely, wander around hill-towns in Italy, canyons in Utah, whatever - so I'm definitely trying to figure a way to get off the treadmill. Healthcare is the one thing that keeps me from taking action at this point ... if I didn't have to worry about insurance I'd probably quit tomorrow ...
#86
Re: "work to live" vs "live to work"
Well I think most people can and have agree on one thing in this thread at least... :/