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Tick-Tock… Seriously considering a drastic change

I'm 45 and have been working since I was 13. Living on my own since 15 and haven't taken more then 2 weeks off (even between jobs) in 30+ years… I burnt out and my health is in decline. I have some modest savings and assets from my work and toil but nothing close to retirement. It is increasingly difficult to get up each day to go work and know that unless something changes, I will be “lucky” to get to work until I am 70+… I feel like I may have 5-10 years of “Living” left in me. My intuition and heart agree that I should exit from my career, liquidate my assets, and set about to traveling and enjoying myself for the next 5-10 years. This will leave me near destitute and broke at 55 and then I can do whatever I must at that time… It is…


I'm 45 and have been working since I was 13. Living on my own since 15 and haven't taken more then 2 weeks off (even between jobs) in 30+ years… I burnt out and my health is in decline. I have some modest savings and assets from my work and toil but nothing close to retirement. It is increasingly difficult to get up each day to go work and know that unless something changes, I will be “lucky” to get to work until I am 70+… I feel like I may have 5-10 years of “Living” left in me. My intuition and heart agree that I should exit from my career, liquidate my assets, and set about to traveling and enjoying myself for the next 5-10 years. This will leave me near destitute and broke at 55 and then I can do whatever I must at that time… It is hoped that in doing this, I will either enjoy that 10 years of my life or find a better way to continue on past 55. There are a lot of existential and ethical things that I must contend with by taking this action and I fear I will not be strong enough to actually go through with this plan but I know I can not go on with my current method of living… I know there are others with worse situations but that fact does not make me feel better. I guess I am looking for some imparted wisdom or perhaps if someone has done this for themselves. I have just worked so much and feel like my life has been an unbalanced catastrophe… I'm single with no kids… Thank You

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