at 35 I want to retire

[Oranges836]

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35 and sick of working dont want to do it for another nearly 40 years.
Changed job and hate working in any job
dont want to do any job im happy doing nothing

thats it thats the thread

Think yourself lucky i live in a terrace with paper thin walls, on one side all we hear is the teenage son yelling at his computer game and the parents yelling at him and the on the other side they have a drum and lots of visitors.

Similar age, similarly fedup. I’m going part time. Had cancer last year and though I’m clear on paper I’m not convinced I’ll have a significant retirement.

I hate how work dictates me living within commuting distance of an office. I think I’d be healthier mentally in a rural setting.

Sorry to hear you had cancer last year

Time is the most precious thing we all have isnt it

I had multiple maybe cancer possible scares in 2023

Now im dealing with infertility which is its own emotional heart ache

What you just said is losing money... they aren't making the same profits they were... duh! I'm using that as a gauge on how the average man and woman are doing.
Not everyone can be winning in this system. It's made that way on purpose. Otherwise, what would it be... oh yeh... communism, not capitalism. What I am describing is a capitalist system... so you argue we are in a capitalist system and it's utter rubbish.

Lol, a semi detached. I wish. I live in a terrace and I have neighbours that continuously fight and slam doors and have police here monthly. I think they have them on speed dial. I mean, it's more entertaining than eastenders, then again, isn't everything? 😂

I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

I thought they were doing away with offices and most people who work in offices, working remotely. Saves them money on renting an office and heating bills etc. Can't they even just do this for you, given your health. I had a friend (before the covid and everyone working from home) who had some epileptic type issue and the office seemed to make her symptoms worse. She was allowed to work from home. They obviously monitored her activity to make sure she was working. Maybe you need to speak to a dept about this being arranged for you.

They aren't getting rid of offices, my partner works for a hospital trust and is 2, sometimes 3 days in the office and the rest at home, the company I work for also has is home 3 days a week but we still need office days for getting together, printing things out, meetings, one to ones etc. People have different office days and it just stops the building being to full and noisy at any one time.

It’s going the other way really for a lot of employers now. Civil service is going from 40% to 60%, nhs admin are increasing office time. lots of large corps etc…

I do have special arrangements to work from home if I want to for the next couple of years whilst I’m on treatments that cause fatigue but I’d be stupid to move into the countryside on that agreement because 1)it’s presumed to be long term but still temporary 2) even if it wasn’t it would mean I’d really limit myself if I ever wanted to change employers in future. I’ve got some friends who have done it and I’m super jealous of them but they are in tech so are more in demand than I am and even then I can see they are limited as most places don’t want people fully remote.

I suppose it depends what you do for a job. I was highly qualified and paid very well to allow me to go part time. I think what ppl like you dint think outside the box. I knew I wanted more time whilst working so did something about it. I also knew I wanted to retire early so did something about it. There is no point whining about it - you have to make choices - hard choices. I guess one could always give up and claim benefits - ie rely on others who pay taxes. One has to take ownership. General practitioners is one example here may doctors went part time after their contracts were upgraded back in 2004/5. There are precedents but I guess my comments only apply to those d we hi are professionals and well paid.

I'm not sure what your point is here. You said millionaires are losing money, and I disagreed based on the personal knowledge I have. So if what you're describing is a capitalist system....then we must be describing the same thing?

There are all sorts of teachers, though. I'm ostensibly a coach and People specialist, but I teach constantly - I write and run training sessions for my bread and butter. So I would think about all the different ways in which you can be a teacher as there are tonnes of opportunities in Learning & Development in all manner of industries. You don't have to do something completely different - my "children" are all terribly nice, participate properly and thank me afterwards. I don't have to put up with any of the nonsense you get in a school - not even 1% of it.

I hate my job and this kind of petty shit.

I was asked to label some items in storage. There are no labels to be found anywhere in the office. I went to reception and asked them are there any labels in the office. They said there are no labels at all, and they advised me to use post it notes and sellotape to label the items. Which i did.

The next day, i get an email from my boss. She sent the email to the whole team with a photo of the item i had labelled. It said "you need to label items correctly as this label is nearly falling off".

It drove me mad. If there are no labels, how can i label the items. And why send the email to the whole department

''@HelenaTranscart

Just pop over to France, get yourself a dingie and sail to Dover. The British government will put you up in a hotel, give you 3 meals/day, free private healthcare and a mobile phone. Sorted.''

I reported your post as a pathetic attempt to use an unrelated thread for some good old anti-immigrant propaganda.

Sad to see that Mumsnet has allowed it to remain.

I used to feel like this until I thought about what kind of job might make me feel content.

I now have three different jobs (was four, but one stopped making me happy, so I let it go).

They are all outdoors. I want to give one up, so I have more time to travel, but it’s so difficult to decide because I genuinely really enjoy them all.

Jump on the Benefits Band wagon then

This is the 21st century, if you hate your job, then find one you do like, or train for a different career. No-one is going to come along and sort your life out for you. Do something you love, then it won't feel like work.

Yeah this. ^ It's utterly untenable to retire at 35. Unless you win 3 or 4 million £ on the lottery. Or come into an inheritance for a similar amount.

I think it's bizarre to actually want to retire at 35 anyway. As has been said, are you planning on just sitting watching TV for the next 60 years?

What the fire movement? I did a quick google but found nothing.

At age 33 I stumbled into a job that morphed into a career I loved. It didn't pay a fortune but kept me stimulated. Don't give up! If you save like a mad thing you can retire early. Watching your nest egg grow is fun too.

It's sad you want to retire as you are so young. Can you think about retraining? Maybe working part-time as you retrain at college? It may be you just don't enjoy your job. Retirement may be quite boring as unless you have a lot of money to socialise, join clubs ect what in the world would you do all day?

If you are miserable working, what makes you think you won’t be miserable not working? Try working on bring more satisfaction and joy into your life, in whatever form that may be. Make it your new project.

Agree completely, 33 admin role 100% office based. Important note though I am chronically depressed and late diagnosed as autistic. No I don't want spend to spend the next years of my life doing point less work tasks OR sat watching tv (like these are the only choices) I want to tend to my garden, nuture friendships and feel some sort happiness. I Don't think it's a lack of work ethic if so many people are feeling the same, I think it is a feeling of l dissatisfaction with the conflicting messages of what we should "do" with our lives....