I’m back in the office today after a week of “vacation”--actually a week of mostly-good-but-not-terribly-relaxing family visits, novel revision, and school volunteering.
Now I’m looking at a nasty little pile of paper and 38 totally uninteresting emails and wondering if I can really do this for five more years. On Nov. 11, 2015, I will let myself quit, whether or not I have enough money to actually retire. Apart from the hideous conference season in the early spring, my job is usually not terribly taxing. But oh my god do I not care about it. Eight years is long enough doing something I don’t care about, and I ought to have enough savings by then that I can at least switch to something part-time.
3:00. Down to 2 boring emails and a very small pile of nasty paper. In other words, it’s back to the status quo: staring at the few unappealing items on my to-do list, occasionally doing one, and then killing time in one way or another. I’ve had very few interruptions today (yay!) but have been answering the phones for a big chunk of the day. Oh, and two people have come to talk to me about the attendance habits of one of the women I supervise. Joy.
4:15. I really want to go home. Have been reading for the past hour or so. Am actually a little tired of reading. Caught up on my RSS reader. No personal emails to speak of. Could work on revising my novel but I don’t think I have the concentration at the moment.
Maybe I’ll somehow find a job I like better in the next five years. I do look occasionally and once in a blue moon apply for something.
4:23. Back to counting my blessings:
- Make good money, enough that early retirement is plausible
- Job not taxing
- Job offers good benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Lots of vacation time
- Have own office
- Can read without anyone noticing
- Boss not crazy
- Free coffee and tea
- Access to Internet
Yup. Still better off than 99.9% of people in this world.
1 comment:
Hi. I'm enjoying your blog and will be watching as you proceed to retire very, very early. I'm quite a bit older (48) but hope to get out of the rat race about the same time, in another 4 years or so. My job is very similar to yours - I too am lucky in that it pays well, has great benefits, etc. But most of the time it just bores me half to death. Good luck!
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