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A comment on Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their work after burnout?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their wor... by ncr100 on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:17AM (#33263468)
Obvious for me to say: there's a point in time when you're going to stop working and you're going to be draining away your safety net regardless, because you're retired.

So with a sabbatical now, just think that you're making time now so that you can have a better retirement later because you'll be ready for an enjoyable retirement as opposed to needing to take two or three or five years of your retirement, just calming down from your crazy career.

It's definitely not an easy thing to consider. Do evaluate with an extended pros and cons list and weight each item in the list.

Burnout for me weighed extraordinarily heavily.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their wor... by micromacrofoot on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:54AM (#33264004)
Understood, but to an extent retirement isn't a choice. At a certain age I will find it harder to get a job and harder to do most things.

You also have the concept of compounding interest. A year of savings at age 30 is much more valuable than a year of savings when I'm 60.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their wor... by ProZsolt on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:32PM (#33268176)
You can say the same thing about health. A year of less stress at age 30 is more valuable than when you are 60.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their wor... by micromacrofoot on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:09PM (#33269371)
Is it? I'm more capable of physically managing stress at 30. At 60 it could kill me.
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone managed to find enjoyment in their wor... by roguas on Sunday October 23, 2022 @07:42PM (#33311389)
If you develop serious conditions during 30s, you're going to enjoy them longer. I think the aim overall should be balanced life oriented towards future. If whatever I am doing now seems unsustainable it's not gonna be sustainable in a year (I will just learn how to ignore it).
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