If we count babysitting, I've been working since 12 or 13. Got my first "real" job once it was legal at 16. Then I worked 40 hours a week to put myself through college while double majoring. I'm 35 now and the one month I took off for my honeymoon is the most time I've had off from work since I was a teenager. I'm feeling rough.
One year I saved up all my time off. I worked a shift job where I got a week straight off a month and mostly week days off so I never had to take off for doctor appointments etc. I took a whole month off at the end of the work year and man it was glorious. My wife worked. I just did whatever I felt like doing that day. 10am I’d be like I’m gonna watch a horror movie and have a beer. Take a guitar playing session break. Have a day I feel motivated and fix up stuff around the house. I cannot wait for retirement.
That sounds so lovely. Good for you! Taking a month off for our honeymoon was amazing, but I'd also like to just have a month off at home to do everything you just described.
It really is glorious and it’s a shame we have to wait till 65 ans up just to enjoy our lives.
During the pandemic I worked as a travel RN. The pay was pretty great at the time so I would work 12-week contract and then take an entire month off. I’d sleep, go to yoga, sometimes travel, sometimes do nothing and just decompress. I had the best time of my life and I miss it every day.
Now I’m chronically ill and can’t tolerate bedside nursing anymore, but I would trade what I’m doing now in a heartbeat (if I was able) just go back to that schedule.
I was so close to quitting my job, then I was furloughed during the beginning of covid. I was scheduled a month ahead so my weekly check dropped in. I didn’t work for 3 months, stayed at my families farm (no animals or cops at the time) It was spring, I just walked around the property, deep cleaned the house, went on drives around the empty streets. It was glorious for me. I still think of those 3 months fondly. I bounced back, and unfortunately I am still at that job. Just with a better boss.
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u/MusicMeetsMadness 8h ago
I’ve been working since I was 14. Do you know anyone with 20 years experience before 40?