Would you stay home if money was no issues?

[Nexla]

If money was no issue and you could just stay home and do your hobbies, read, work out, see friends and then keep the house ticking over would you or would you rather work?

The fact of the matter is that a lot of paid jobs are utterly pointless, no matter how much people might like to believe otherwise.

Absolutely. I love being at home. I'm autistic and really struggle with the social side of work . I'm just waiting for retirement really.

Absolutely 100% yes.
But then I'm a lawyer so my job is hell.
I NEVER get bored. I'm happy crocheting, watching true crime, pottering down the allotment. It would be amazing.

Nope. I never feel like I'm on top at home - I know I'm good at my job. Even though life is absolute chaos, I get a real sense of achievement and purpose from work.

See I totally understand and get that so I find it hard to believe that so many people point blank refuse to believe that others may get the same sense of fulfilment from being at home (or, condescendingly, that they would only if they were a bit stupid).

I don't think it's about needing to be told what to do or needing a role and title.

For me, it's more about feeling that I have some sort of impact on the world and that my life isn't simply focused on me and my own family.

That could certainly be achieved through a significant voluntary role or extensive community work etc. But pottering around and just pleasing myself wouldn't really be enough for me.

Not everyone who sits at home just potters around and goes brain dead watching Jeremey Vine and Loose Women in-between school drop off and pick up. Some people make art, write, build telescopes, some even do great things, you never know.

Very few people make any real impact on the world anyway, even many of the great scientific discoveries for example would have just been made by someone else if the person who did make it had not and in some cases they did. If you weren't doing your job someone else would just do it and nobody would miss you.

Absolutely, thats the goal

Not if it made me responsible for all the housework and home maintenance. Only if I could easily afford a cleaner/housekeeper, gardener for the dull bits and as much help with home maintenance as required (gutters, repainting decking etc).

I like my job a lot more than I like laundry or cleaning or the boring bits of garden maintenance.

That’s my approach too. I work and while I work I pay people to do the things that need doing but I don’t enjoy. We have a gardener and housekeeper as well as various other helpful folk. Our house is calm, organised, the fridge is full, the dogs are well exercised and we are all pretty happy.

I found maternity leave really boring. I actually found my day job really boring before I left and couldn't stand my boss, so was desperate to get on maternity. The first few months were really hard but after that it got easier and I felt like I was wasting days around the house whilst I was trying to get to grips with a routine.
At about month 5 it started to slowly get lighter outside and I forced myself out twice a day, to baby classes, to meet mums for coffee dates, walking dates, swimming classes, walking the dog solo, trips out with DS solo - we'd catch the bus places or I would drive, other mum dates and play dates, then when summer arrived, picnics and garden play dates.
I tried to hard to keep busy and did everything I could but it was as boring. My favourite memories are holidays as a family, and I loved spending time with DS but I have ADHD and my brain doesn't stop - ever, so being at work and super occupied is better for me.
I could not work and take a lifestyle cut but I'd hate it. I'm also naturally a bit lazy without a routine, honestly I'd stay in my PJs until lunchtime and have wasted mornings and feel rubbish all afternoon trying to make the most of the day.