The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for May 12, 2021

Yes nephew its called workitis.

Uncle Ted…..you must have a lot of money.

Brutus’s turn next

How many years did your illness last? Did you get your shots for it?

He was having eye problems: he just couldn’t see himself getting up and going to work.

If you don’t have to then don’t.

I begun to have working illness in 1976 and it ended in 2019.

I was sick of my particular workplace and its leaders. I didn’t feel like starting over someplace else. Fotunately, I made socked away enough and invested it wisely. I will be 61 in July.

I hear you loud and clear, Uncle Ted! I don’t miss it for a second!

Funny, I’m sitting here drinking my coffee and thinking about how happy I am being retired! It’s a great feeling! I love it! ;-)

sounds like a smart plan to me. :D

There’s a drug for that. It’s called “penniless-cillin”.

I think if you ever worked you have this. Unfortunately my recently deceased wife worked hard since 1989 till this March and never got to “retire” and enjoy the fruits of her labor.

ditto

It’s mostly the getting up and the commute to work I’m tired of.

The only thing starting to make me tired of my job is the level of micromanaging, and not accepting reality that the new generation of management is bringing with them.

A questionable response Uncle Ted.

There’s a lot of that going around…

I’ll bet Uncle Ted had a government job, early retirement with a good pension and healthcare.

What a motivational discussion with Wilberforce. But I guess something could be learned by it, find a job you won’t get sick of.

In five days it will be two years since I retired, after nearly forty years. Told my supervisor I ran out of lies to put on my time sheet. Work was slow at the time, but people got upset if you charged projects you were not assigned to. Have not missed it a bit.

I’m there. Wife doesn’t believe me, but I’m there!

Had a job I really liked… but as time went by, the office became more and more toxic. Still liked the work, but the people were definitely becoming a serious issue. In Dec of 2015 I finally gave them the excuse they wanted to fire me and I even gave them the bonus of dumping me just before xmas. Not a big deal as I had been clearing out my cube for about three or four months by that time (a LOT of books and I only took a couple home each day). I had every intention of filing for unemployment and looking for a new position when….

….I discovered I really liked sleeping in. I found that I really didn’t want to try and get into another place that was, or probably would become, as toxic as the last. So I cinched my belt, did some serious budgeting and made what I had last until I could file for my Social Security at 62. So far it ain’t so bad. Between SSA, my military retirement and my VA disability, I can actually pay the bills with a bit left over most months. And I’ve managed to leave my investments untouched for now.

Retirement ain’t half bad (if you plan for it) and I still really like sleeping in! 8^)

Me too, but I need the health insurance.