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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is the reason I do not work. My kids are in college and I am at home. I hated working. Hated, hated, hated getting up in the morning. Heck, even in college I never took morning classes.  I wanted to work because I thought working would be glamorous, fulfilling, life changing and interesting. Instead, it is like slow death. Each day you go to office to live your life under someone else's thumb.  My DH works because he finds fulfillment at work. I have no issues. Biologically, societally, emotionally, physically, financially, I am ok not working. [/quote]

This post is kind of jaw dropping to me.

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To me too. [/quote]

Me too. I feel sorry for that poster. To have never found a career that might actually satisfy a lot of what they complain about. I work in healthcare and find it enormously satisfying. Hard, physical, emotional work - but very satisfying. I love what I do and am interested and ready just about every day I go in to work. The 'glamorous' part is funny - what does that even mean to the person?[/quote]

You are so correct. I found no career more satisfying than being with my kids.  What work I found reasonably satisfying, paid very little. What paid a lot, was very boring.  "Glamorous part"? Have you seen the movie "Life Size"? Where Tyra Banks plays a Barbie doll that comes to life and goes to work. All dressed up and tapping away gibberish on the typewriter?  I romanticized working as a girl.  I wanted to have responsibilities, get things accomplished, meet deadlines, go to happy hours with coworkers etc. The reality of work was that it was boring, repetitive, uninspired. It did not matter that I was super efficient and could do my work in 2 hours. The employers expected that I spent full 8 hours in that cubicle. And I could not take naps or take a walk or read a book during the day.  Yikes. The most productive time of the day and you are stuck behind a desk, not being able to do what you wanted. There is a reason that people are now not willing to go back to in-person work. WFH was beautiful for many. 
BTW, not one single person I know will continue to work if they win the lottery. So working really sucks for most people! [/quote]

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