You know on the other hand in Parasermononthemounts defense I think there is something weird about this retirement thIng, like somehow money and travel and leisure are gonna be some kind of payoff and compensation for a life that is tolerated and endured.
in reality most travel is a letdown if not completely sucky and having bigpile of money can be distracting from reality.
I am uncomfortable when I hear coworkers talking about how great retirements going to be; it seems to me to be a denial of the present, maybe not of god, but if the coolness of us all being here at work doing our thing, retarded as it might sometimes seem to be, it is undeniably our life, I feel there is something sacrilegious about retirement planning and wishing. i especially despise “reitrement countdown clocks” they seem to me to be evil and well a sin. like wishing the days away, and not honoring the moment.
Personally I know to a certainty that I will never ever retire unless I’m medically crippled. two reaosns; I like my gig too much; im into it. it’s not justa job, it’s like an identity and a way of life. i think i’d die in away if i didn’t do my lawyering thing.
and second, I could never amass enough cash to comfortably retire I’d expect it all to vanish tomorrow wherever I put it.
so yeah in a sense I feel retirement planning violates in some deep way the “be here now” philosophy I feel is at the center of everything. don’t use countdown clocks, don’t think the future is somehow gonna be betetr or different than the present, or that anywhere else is gonna be betetr or different than right here right now, baby, this is it! reality is just the rpesent, that’s all we have, wherever we may be.
I just got nervous when the new testament is used to support the position prefer a zen koan. it’s not that im anti-christian. i just get nervous.
