I am 45 and do not care about work any longer.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:45 is when people contemplate life and get depressed. It supposedly gets better after 50...like the outlook changes.
I'm not at 50 yet, but at almost 49, it's way better than at 45.

I didn't read this but heard the author on a podcast where he summed up his book and it made a lot of sense. See if it resonates with you. Can probably find the summary conclusion online or a podcast.

https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Curve-Life-Better-After/dp/1250078806

Not true for me at all. 50 is so much worse than 45. But I’m a woman, it may be different for men.

The zenith seems to be around 50, so hang on.

That upswing at 80 has to be dementia

[Anonymous]

You just want to consume and not produce.

You are a parasite at heart. Who isn't ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Sad part is the good rewarding jobs are not even available to 45. So you did the hard crappy work and now you give up just as it gets easy.

In America I noticed 21-40 is crap work for a lot then come 55 it is hold on for dear life as one gets older.

I would say 45 is the sweet spot. I would you bail them? When I was 45 I finally got my corner office. Staff to do the work, I just go to meeting with my cup of coffee and look important. I had a good run of 45-55 marking 350K to 400K just playing a role I would just read off the slides sometimes my staff made It was wonderful. Then 55 came and time for next 45 year old to take my job.

By 45 your worked 24 years to reach the VP/SVP/EVP level dont bail, that is crazy.

Or do my wife did call it quits earlier and be a SAHM. .Workig till 45 with kids and quiting is nuts. You missed the kids when really little for a job that you quit anyhow befored you made any big money. And that 45-55 year run is past the big childcare bills. And at 55 is not over, it gets shorter, some start up or company in a bind or smaller company will still hire you for a bit less pay and you might get another 5 years of pretty big money before 60 hits.

If you look closely, you notice that as you go up the ladder, the over 50 crowd begins to disappear. People either make it into the C suite jobs, or they don’t and they get laid off or bail and disappear from white collar jobs.

For most people, things are not great after age 45 or so.

Well it is called a Pyramid for a reason.

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Anonymous wrote:Back to OP's topic...

Are there any non-soul sucking jobs left, that you can survive on? Ideally something that doesn't support consumerism/selling but provides something of actual value to the world.

I would love a list of these. I can’t think of any that clear the bar of being able to live on *and* wouldn’t require additional training/schooling (like to become a plumber or nurse or something, and lets face it those are not career moved for a 50 yr old anyway - my body is tired :/)

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Anonymous wrote:I mostly care about mine or at least think it is a net benefit to my life all things (including $) considered. But I work on NASA science stuff and pretty sure my job will cease to exist in the next several months. So that's cool.

I could do other stuff, but don't exactly need the money and don't really have the drive to hustle and start down a new path. But at least one of us needs a job. Spouse has a stable job that they mostly enjoy and would be on board for a break, but we both think I'd want to figure out something. Looking at opportunities abroad, but only vaguely because that is not simple either.

oh what type of mission? nasa climate?

Not climate. all NASA science is headed for big cuts, 50% overall with some areas 2/3. Planetary has the best prospects with 30% cuts.

Similar in NSF and other science research

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My kids a nurse. They get lots of new hires who are women between 45-55 who had a college degree then went back for accelerated nursing program.

Not like your degree in marketing from Towson in 1993 with a 2.7 GPA after being a SAHM 10 years is going to help. But get nursing you can start 75k to 120k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:45 is when people contemplate life and get depressed. It supposedly gets better after 50...like the outlook changes.
I'm not at 50 yet, but at almost 49, it's way better than at 45.

I didn't read this but heard the author on a podcast where he summed up his book and it made a lot of sense. See if it resonates with you. Can probably find the summary conclusion online or a podcast.

https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Curve-Life-Better-After/dp/1250078806

Not true for me at all. 50 is so much worse than 45. But I’m a woman, it may be different for men.

The zenith seems to be around 50, so hang on.

That upswing at 80 has to be dementia

I think you mean the nadir is 50

[Anonymous]

I haven't RTO-ed for 3 years, even though I'm supposed to go in three days a week. I'm 42, and after my current job fires me or lays me off, I'm done with working forever. I've done a lot of hard things, but raising a kid with both parents working demanding full-time jobs is brutal. I don't know how we would have managed dropoffs and pickups without me working from home.

I know for a fact I'd have an absolute blast not working, and would love to have more time with my kid.

[Anonymous]

I’m 48 and have hit the “Dont give a damn and I’m here for my benefits until I retire” phase of my career.
I’m well accomplished and well paid. I’m also GenX and knew from the 1990s ads that I’d probably retire as middle management.

You can waste a lot of energy and F$cks and retire a little more wealthy and accomplished, but I’m good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe because going back to work full-time at 48 after a 25 year break is probably not that easy for most people

Yeah that sounds like a nightmare to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 48 and have hit the “Dont give a damn and I’m here for my benefits until I retire” phase of my career.
I’m well accomplished and well paid. I’m also GenX and knew from the 1990s ads that I’d probably retire as middle management.

You can waste a lot of energy and F$cks and retire a little more wealthy and accomplished, but I’m good.

Hello friend, I feel seen.
-fellow Gen Xer in the same boat who also is good with where I’m at

[Anonymous]

Getting there.

I am a few years younger but have accomplished everything I want to do so far both at my workplace and "in general" for my field and in service to my industry.

I have a few more years to go on fulfilling some of my roles (projects, terms) but I think that by my late 40s, I am going to be looking to tap out or step back. Financially I could see that happening but I think it's more likely that stepping back is not an option until 60s. We will see!

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Anonymous wrote:Just baffled why everyone thinks SAHMs are absurd when we all know 99% of jobs are meaningless.

Including your husband’s.

This!
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