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Greens0172 · 2025-07-22T13:58:10+00:00

I hate working. Im 35. Thats it thats the thread

BurntBroccoli · 23/07/2025 23:38

Stripeysockspots · 22/07/2025 18:49

If you don't work you will end up 'pottering'

I bloody love pottering!

Puppydogtail · 23/07/2025 23:32

Iv had to give up my work due to illness. I’m gutted. Even though I moaned about work for years. I’d give anything to get back to my normal work routine. Think yourself lucky

thatsalad · 23/07/2025 23:23

CherryYellowCouch · 22/07/2025 15:45

If it makes you feel better OP I know a couple who came into a great deal of money at about your age. They both gave up work and did nothing for 6 months.

They went back to work after that. Without work, life lacked a fulfilling framework.

15 years on they are both still working.

That's pathetic

AnnetteFlix · 23/07/2025 22:56

Kibble19 · 22/07/2025 15:14

What do you do, OP?

I’m going to take a mad stab at it - you work in an office, admin sort of role?

To be fair, MN is full of teachers and nurses who detest working.

Sadworld23 · 23/07/2025 22:53

Viviennemary · 22/07/2025 16:30

A lot of folk don't like working. That's what benefits are for and why the country is heading for disaster.

Maybe you are correct, but I think benefits were intended for people who are unable to work?

Theyreeatingthedogs · 23/07/2025 13:33

Bluespecs · 22/07/2025 17:10

Same here. I am 52 and gave up work Nov last year due to health issues and caring for my elderly mum. I am so bored. I wish I could WFH, at least that would keep the brain cells ticking along.

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I gave up work two years ago due to ill health. Now 59. Knackered after an hour of gardening right now. I never get bored. Lot's to do, I just have to pace myself.

Flumpflimpo · 23/07/2025 12:57

I hate the micro managing emails that i receive.

I got an email from a client , it is something that is my responsibility, it was sent to our team email address, so everyone on the team saw it.

FIFTEEN minutes after I received the email, I got an email from my boss saying

"Just checking that you didn't miss this email? This will need to be done today"

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 22/07/2025 23:55

Me too and I used to like my job

Op can you go down to 4 days a week to get some freedom

Muffsies · 22/07/2025 22:13

BurntBroccoli · 22/07/2025 19:37

Same! I’m calculating my finances to try and retire at least a few years earlier than 67.

If only we could retire at 60 as women used to. I do realise this is not possible though due to people in general living longer and the younger generation having the great burden of supporting an elderly cohort.

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Apart from my company pension schemes, I'm also piling money into a LISA, which I managed to open just before turning 40. I'm hoping to use the LISA funds so that I can reduce my working hours at 60, before my pensions kick in at 65.

I work two jobs, one full time and one small self-employment, all of the second job is to finance an earlier retirement.

BurntBroccoli · 22/07/2025 19:37

PruthePrune · 22/07/2025 15:14

So do I. I'm 57 now so theoretically have another 10 years to go and can't bloody wait. I do feel as if I'm wishing my life away though.

Same! I’m calculating my finances to try and retire at least a few years earlier than 67.

If only we could retire at 60 as women used to. I do realise this is not possible though due to people in general living longer and the younger generation having the great burden of supporting an elderly cohort.

Elektra1 · 22/07/2025 19:25

Me too babes. Just gotta keep going until that lottery win comes good though.

Muffsies · 22/07/2025 19:19

Keepgettingolder81 · 22/07/2025 16:35

NHS Nurse age 44.
can’t stick it until retirement age!!

Can the private sector use your skills? Being the nurse for a private boarding school or a university is a cushy job, or maybe a personal nurse for a wealthy person?

ilovesooty · 22/07/2025 18:59

Stripeysockspots · 22/07/2025 18:49

If you don't work you will end up 'pottering'

Oh god. I know people my age who potter... 🙄

Stripeysockspots · 22/07/2025 18:49

If you don't work you will end up 'pottering'

ilovesooty · 22/07/2025 18:47

DinaofCloud9 · 22/07/2025 17:50

I can't imagine working because I can't think of anything more interesting to do.

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I'm over state pension age and still work part time. I'm self employed and work when I want to. I enjoy my work and find plenty of other interesting things to do as well.

take10yearsofmylife · 22/07/2025 18:19

Flumpflimpo · 22/07/2025 17:26

But why do you think that people want advice. They don't.

A lot of people come on here just to complain about their lives. That is okay too.

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Agree, it's okay to have a moan, may be if she sees how many people are in the same boat she won't feel so alone.

My sister have a lot of mental problems, she stopped talking to my other sister because she can only offer practical advice which she doesn't want!

I listen, try to understand how she sees things and how she feels, this is all she wants and it's the way she copes with life.

Petalperfume · 22/07/2025 18:14

Yes. I had to have a year off sick around age 45. I was desperate to go back to work after that. Find a job you like or can at least tolerate. I started a new career after that and love it.

Dillydollydingdong · 22/07/2025 18:07

You need to work so you can pay into your pension. State pension really isn't enough to live on.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 22/07/2025 18:07

Muffsies · 22/07/2025 15:37

I'm 47, been working for 31 years.. private sector, public sector and not-for-profit sector; all have their pros and cons.

My only advice is to not stay in one particular job for more than 7-10 years absolute max. I've seen people make this mistake and stay too long, even if they started loving their job, they end up being taken for granted and feeling dissatisfied, then the resentment kicks in and the emp'ee/emp'er relationship breaks down.. then they get managed out or redundant, or they become too old to get the step-up they were waiting for, or too frightened to work somewhere new because their skills became out dated. Don't become jaded and work yourself obsolete, your employer won't care about all those years of loyal service.

If you've realised it's time to move on, do it now. You need a new challenge to keep your skills fresh. Also, get a stocks & shares LISA and start making your retire early fund now.

This.

Not working is considerably worse than working ime, btw.

mintydoggyv · 22/07/2025 18:03

Could you get married to someone well of

ChocolateCinderToffee · 22/07/2025 18:03

The thing to do is find something you can bear, whether it's paid well or not, and try to live on that.

IberianBlackout · 22/07/2025 17:56

The second I can afford to I’m reducing my hours.

whitewineandsun · 22/07/2025 17:52

MyDeftDuck · 22/07/2025 16:27

Do a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life……..time to make a career move perhaps?!?!

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I never really agreed with this. I quit the job I didn't like and am now working for myself, doing work I enjoy. It's still work. I still have to put in the hours, deal with clients, etc. I still have to make enough to meet bills and expenses - every month.

DinaofCloud9 · 22/07/2025 17:50

user1468867181 · 22/07/2025 16:52

I agree with this. I am over state pension age and don't need to work but I want to. I enjoy the work and like the people that I work with. However I have changed carers several times and with with one employer worked on a series of short term projects. This has meant that I have never got bored.

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I can't imagine working because I can't think of anything more interesting to do.

Catsandcannedbeans · 22/07/2025 17:46

I had a pretty “satisfying” career pre kids. Used my degree, had progression, when I gave it up to stay at home and tutor part time my mum was furious. Truth is, I hate working, and I REALLY hate working for other people. Not bad now I’m self employed and can work from my house, teaching the kids I want to teach. If you can, I’d look into being self employed. It’s more stressful in a lot of ways, but the thing that irked me about every job I’ve had before is other people/management.

If you can identify what you hate that will help. Is it management? Is it the day to day tasks? Is it your field of work? You will probably always hate working, but identifying what is the worst bit and focusing on changing that will make it more bearable.

My sister married for money, doesn’t work, but she’s married to an absolute pig. Only saving grace is he’s much older, so hopefully he drops first. Seeing her marriage when I was a teenager scared me into working hard and put me off the marrying for money thing.