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Originally Posted by 2BNTV
Freeda:
I try to explain some scenarios.
My father worked until he was seventy as he owned a business. After he retired, he saw no reason to do anything if it didn't invovle making money. I tried to get him to do something he had previously enjoyed but to no avail. His health went downhill from the day he started retirement. When he retired, he retired from life and wrongly, possibly felt his life was over.
My uncle who will be ninety eight this month told me to never retire and he thinks one needs to be active to remain healthy. He worked until he was eighty five and remains active to this day. I think that one can be active doing fun things as oppossed to work assuming one does not enjoy work anymore. He never considered moving to a place like TV and that was not an optiion for him.
I can see some people working if they really enjoy what they are doing to the exclusion of anything else. Some people gain a sense of identity by what they do and they feel more important. Some people need to work because if they hang around the house, they will be a pain to their spouse.
Some people had the good fortune to have made enough money to retire early as they had their BS meter needle wrap aroung the stop and don't want to deal with it anymore. They have the keen insight to enjoy life while they can as it is wayyyyyyy too short.
I agree with you that being active is the best choice when you are doing things you enjoy. I prefer working so I will not have to look at my four walls all day as they are not many options for me as I am not in TV yet. As soon as my condo sells. I am moving to TV to live and do as I please and not do someone else's bidding. I will coming to TV to live and have fun.
Hopefully, that happens soon.
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2BNTV,
I am in agreement with you - I would also like to move to TV to live and do as I please and not do someone else's bidding. I have been doing the bidding of someone else for 50+ hours per week for going on 30 years now. My perfect scenario of how to spend my time in TV: Maybe work a part-time job 20 hrs. per week for spending $, volunteer at a charity or charities more often than I'm able to now and have fun.