Questions about freedom

[AuntieMeemz]

I'm hoping to reduce my hours to part time next year. My job is soooooo boring I can barely stay conscious after an hour, and I have to work from home as does DH, we barely see anyone. I'm dyspraxic and it took me a long time to find a job i can do, so changing job isn't an option. I long to have freedom again -in my youth, a job was only ever to pay for my wanderings around the world. Question is, what can you do with freedom- i mean you can't be away all the time. No point in volunteering as i'd be just committed to something else and not even getting paid.
Went back to Japan 2 years ago and took our teenagers. It was so hot, we saw nothng but the teenagers went everywhere. Question is, when I get a small pension pot, should i spend it on going back? half of me wants to, the other half thinks it's a waste of money when the windows need replacing.
Any input would be appreciated.

Well if you want to go to Japan forva holiday and you can afford it, then go.
But there is a bigger question isnt there - you want to reduce hours or retire and by the sounds of it want to be less isolated.
Im not working at the moment, I have a small pension and some savings to keep me going for a few months.
Im having a very lovely summer, flitting between the house/DIY, the gym and my allotment. I see friends, go to the cinema and theatre. Im at the Good Food/Garden Show today. Off to see friends in Cornwall on Monday, a holiday with my son in August.
Freedom is what you make of it. It's being able to laze around and read the papers and drink tea, or just take off for the day to an event, or work on the allotment.
I do find people have strange ideas about volunteering. It's not all about charity shops. I volunteer with a Good Neignours project - I visit someone in my locality who is housebound. I go for an hour for a cup of tea and a natter. It's very informal- we do have a regular day but if Im going on holiday or have something I need to do we just change the day.
There's lots you can do - and you might even enjoy it.
To me Freedom looks very different to what it did in my 20s and 30s. I never imagined then I could get so much satisfaction from an allotment - now it's my happy place, I still like my holidays but I can be just as happy in a caravan as I was traipsing round Africa

I think allotments should be provided on the NHS!! We just got one and it provides soooo many things..time spent with my mentally ill husband where we can do the same thing at the same time, and he doesn't need my support, like minded people to chat to, a lovely day out in the sunshine, the miracle of watching things grow, healthy organic food..and many more!