Re:Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
by raffraffraff on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @03:14AM
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There's an additional problem though. What if you've found a type of work that you do find meaningful and interesting, but you just don't want to spend 40 hours of your week doing it, now that you "don't have to". It's hard to fit back into working life if you only want to do it, say, 20 hours a week. Some part time jobs exist, but they're the exception.
Re:Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)
by tbdenney on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:04PM
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That's where I am currently. I don't mind working and enjoy it often times, but I don't have need to work for financial reasons. Finding ways to serve as an advisor/consultant doing meaningful work less than full time is REALLY difficult in my experience.
People who find meaning in being rich, enjoy being rich.
I kind of think riches are an illusion - you should just go directly to whatever you find meaningful in the first place. Which might include a lot of experiences to find out what that is. Essentially: living.
You can still do that - although having to do something is very motivating, even if we don't like it!