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Dying before retirement

I don't know why. But my mom's coworker dying in his mid 50s just was one of the last straws before I quit my office job. It made something click. ​ You can work your whole life and “delay gratification” and wait for the golden retirement/vacation… only for you to die before it. ​ This happened over 4 years ago but I still think of it often. That someone can die in the middle of a workweek and all they had was the weekend. ​ There is no such thing as stability either.


I don't know why. But my mom's coworker dying in his mid 50s just was one of the last straws before I quit my office job. It made something click.

You can work your whole life and “delay gratification” and wait for the golden retirement/vacation… only for you to die before it.

This happened over 4 years ago but I still think of it often. That someone can die in the middle of a workweek and all they had was the weekend.

There is no such thing as stability either.

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