Hello: I'm Peter and I'm a workaholic.....
Many a true word said in jest....
I'm prevaricating about retirement...mainly because I have become conditioned to needing to work. Running your own business does that.
Actually I think I'm addicted to work: it is easier for me to stop drinking for a week than not do any work for a week.
I'm 65 in April next year and will still be working. I really don't want to be working beyond my 66th, I am dropping to a 3 day week from 1 January, but before I finally set a date and walk away I need to learn to not need to work.
Any suggestions, serious ones?
Serious..? On TM..?
I find myself with exactly the opposite. I'm seriously looking for 'work', and that's the rub. If you enjoy it in the majority of tasks, then it ceases to become work but becomes something much more fulfilling.
I certainly don't want a full time role with a lot of responsibility, but I'd relish something where people took you seriously if you had anything to offer.
So have a think about your own role. Do you enjoy the routine, do you get taken seriously and do you believe in your product or role? How does going to work make you feel?
If your alarm goes off and your first thoughts are to groan, then maybe it is time. If on the other hand, you enjoy the challenge and the positives of being needed then carry on and see what happens.
There is a news story today about an 89yr old ex-soldier recently widowed, who advertised for a job to stave off boredom.
There's more to life than hating work. There is so much more when you look at the positive of it all.
You may have a list of things to do but feel frustrated by time constraints, that's another reason to consider giving up work.
Work isn't work if you still enjoy it.
