Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 24, 2025

Poor man! Not to be able to do what he loves any more….

I’ll bet he’s doing what he loves now.

He may have been doing what he loved, then there was a change in management. Fortunately, he had enough money stashed away to be able to afford retiring early.

See today’s Shoe for another interpretation.

He may have loved what he was doing before retirement, and he may love what he’s doing in retirement. Who says they have to be the same thing?

I love desserts.

But, you still have to work if you want to get paid.

I LOVE being retired. And I loved much of the work I did before that. But not all of it… particularly meetings. And (some) customers!

I feel Frazz shouldn’t be criticizing the kids’ adult family members, even mildly. In addition to the suggestions in the other comments, people can love what they do but suffer burnout or health problems.

Do what you love and you’ll never work because no one will pay you to do it.

Maybe he wasn’t doing what he loved.

I absolutely loved what I did for work. The killer was the driving I had to do to get to my customers locations. Now as a retiree, I get to do what I love and remain at the home I love. Life is grand!

My 83 year old doctor moved her practice from Pacific Palisades after the fire in January destroyed nearly the entire town and more, She loves her patients and has zero interest in retiring – and this is after a serious fight with cancer during covid that nearly took her life.

This strip makes no sense today. They both imply that retiring “early” (what does that mean?) is somehow wrong. They’re both making bad assumptions.

Hey, we’re retired. Even more days of not working.

I did what I loved for 38 years and earned my retirement.

I know a few people still working long after they could have retired

I loved my job for 35 years, and walked away, as planned, at the end of the month I turned 65.

The 1997 coincidence of a successful prostatectomy in Feb, the end of my 25th year of teaching, and my 67th birthday convinced me to retire. For the last few weeks, colleagues told me ‘Stop smiling!!’ I didn’t stop until June 7th.

We moved 75 miles away and began a new phase. The next August and the opening of school brought not even a twinge of regret. Then I knew I had definitely retired.

You can do what you love at work, but have to contend with miserable bosses, co-workers, customers, commute, etc. I enjoyed what I did, but the mounting paper work and having to answer to a chain of management (from a merger) who knew nothing of the business other than “How much money are we making?” drained any enthusiasm I had for work. I’m retired now, and not one time in 3 years have I thought “Gee, I’d rather be working at the ol’ job today.” I’ve worked hard my entire career and am now truly enjoying retirement.

Frazz is a janitor because he loves being around the kids. He can afford not to, just live on his songwriting. So does he think his janitor role is not “work”?

I loved what I was doing for (most of) the 45 years I worked. Would have gone on longer but it was obvious that things were changing and not for the better. Rather than wait and suffer the coming angst, I got out at the end of the feel good period. Better memories. Or, more likely, fewer bad ones.

A lesson in considering the source.

Not mutually exclusive.

Frazz, what’s wrong with retiring early?

Today’s Shoe has the same comment. Small world.

Maybe now he’s doing something(s) he loves MORE

Her grandfather retired early because his ’love" was stealing from the company.

Weird that two comics have that line today (also Shoe)

Her Grandpa must have LOVED making money… in order to retire early. At least in 2025.

A friend of mine hired a moving company to haul her stuff to her new place, and the lead worker in the moving crew looked to be about 55-60. She remarked that he must really love his job to still be at it, and he replied “I hate it. But I dropped out of high school, and this is the only thing I can do. I only wish I’d been able to put aside enuf money to retire, but I’m going to have to do this for another 10 years at least.”

It seems to me that the richest society in the history of history should be able to do better than this for its citizens.

Just because you may love what you’re doing, doesn’t mean you want to do it forever.

I really enjoyed my last job but I didn’t want to delay retirement. I want to travel while I can. I’ve lived to be older than either of my parents or either of my sisters and didn’t want to push my luck. Now that we’re settled and have the time we’re seriously looking to travel. Assuming Americans are still welcomed in the UK and Europe.

I loved what I was doing when I was working but I love being retired better.