If you could quit your job tomorrow and be financially okay, would you?

[crazy canuck]

I haven't done a 40-hour week in ages.

slacker

no, the words are "not a lawyer".

I think he meant he works more than 40 hours... that was the joke which was lost in translation.

[Barrister]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

[Jacob]

Dguller, you must have hobbies or stuff you would like to pick up as hobbies.

I do, but what makes them enjoyable is the scarcity of time to devote to them.  A life filled with nothing but pursuit of hobbies feels like an empty life to me.  Maybe the right balance is achieved with a 32-hour workweek rather than 40-hour workweek, but it's not going to be a 0-hour workweek.

Hobbies are like eating fancy food at a restaurant.  If you eat a BK Quad Stacker once a month, it's a treat for special occasions.  If you eat it everyday, it's just a daily routine.

My personal ideal is something like  "work 4 days a week, two months out of every three"; enough work that to be engaged and get involved, but enough time off to really enjoy it too.

[garbon]

A BK Quad Stacker can be special?

[Ideologue]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

We should've tried harder in 1812.

[crazy canuck]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

We should've tried harder in 1812.

Why would you want to ruin BB's life?

[Grey Fox]

I haven't done a 40-hour week in ages.

slacker

no, the words are "not a lawyer".

I think he meant he works more than 40 hours... that was the joke which was lost in translation.

[Ideologue]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

We should've tried harder in 1812.

Why would you want to ruin BB's life?

Ressentiment.

[Eddie Teach]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

We should've tried harder in 1812.

Why would you want to ruin BB's life?

Have you seen how close American elections get?

[crazy canuck]

Most weeks I just do my government-mandated 37.5 hours.

We should've tried harder in 1812.

Why would you want to ruin BB's life?

Have you seen how close American elections get?

Not all that relevant given that none of your parties support the sane policies we have here in Canada.

[KRonn]

Re: If you could quit your job tomorrow and be financially okay, would you? 

I'm so close to that now and it's getting so hard to work. I've kind of "hit the wall", especially after last summer's illness and having ongoing minor medical issues for the past year, I've really had it with having to be on the job, any job. Maybe something fun and creative would be a nice change that I would want to work for but otherwise I really just want to spend time doing whatever I want. Funny too because I always figured I'd be wanting to work until my mid-late 60s before retiring but I can't wait to stop. A very different frame of mind from any I've had towards working. A couple of retired neighbors said the same thing, that they just got to a point and said they're ready to call it quits and retired early. One a teacher and the other a maintenance guy for a College, both were good jobs and benefits.

[Valmy]

It's hard to not mentally decompose once you stop working, so no.

Well I would not stop working, but working for free is alot more fun than working for your bread money.

[merithyn]

It's hard to not mentally decompose once you stop working, so no.

Well I would not stop working, but working for free is alot more fun than working for your bread money.

[DGuller]

It's hard to not mentally decompose once you stop working, so no.

Well I would not stop working, but working for free is alot more fun than working for your bread money.

I don't think it is.  Where is the motivation to work for free?  That like playing poker for play money.

[Caliga]

WTF is a "40 hour work week"?

Yeah, I don't understand it either.