Retirement
I’ve been living the life that I’ve been yearning for since I was 20 years old. A time period in which I don’t have serious “bumps” in my life. I appreciate life so much more waking up and not having to worry about anything except my daily routine. I live in luxurious apartment with the freewill to do or accomplish what ever I want. And I am seriously thankful for that opportunity. However, this point of my life has also given me the opportunity to do some “more” reflection on life. Now that my mind is clear from the past, I am now able to think more clearly about human existence, politics, and even science. I’ve never been one to be fascinated by these subjects except for possibly human existence but lately, I’ve been finding myself on the internet constantly reading about the world.
I recently thought about what retirement would be like if I were 55+ years old. I realized that I may find myself resorting to my old young life doing all the things I loved doing when I had a ton of free time. Perhaps watch all of my favorite shows and movies again. I’m not sure to be honest. This thought in my head made me realize the importance of “now” as opposed to the future. Surely, we are taught to plan our life and manage our time but most of us are pretty bad at accomplishing that. I guess what I’m trying to say is that the “free” time is really what we’re living for. We work really hard in order to have that free time to ourselves with the limited amount of years that we live. The more educated people who “work really hard” to earn that free time are smart enough to think of ways to find a job that they love doing. They do this by planning and managing their time in their life.
You can work really hard to earn your free time.
or
you can work really hard because you love what you do and eventually earn your free time.
I find myself reflecting on this idea a lot along with many other subjects that I have been reading on.
“Life sure does tickle me as it tries to teach me a lesson” - A line that I have been saying for so many years