I lose at life. I deserve no sympathy.

Apparently my registration had expired. Again. I had no idea. I got a ticket in the mail today dated October 31st with a court date of tomorrow. There was an Undeliverable ticket on it. If there was a renewal notice for my reg, I never got it. Fuck my life. I'll probably lose my license for a year. Right now I have no money. Zero. What kills me is that the "appear in court" box is unchecked, but there is still a date set. So maybe, if I had actually gotten this letter, I might have been able to pay a fine? It kills me to think this is the case and I've been denied that opportunity. Fuck fuck fuck fuck.

I used to be consumed with my work, working 70-80 hours a week, because there was so much to learn and it was so INTERESTING. That's the norm for a scientist who wants to be successful.

Now I have kids, and the work doesn't drive me the way it did. I still like it well enough, but all in all I'd rather have one of my sons climb into my lap and tell be something about--well something about anything. It really doesn't matter what it is.

So now I work a 40 hour week and try to be a good teacher and publish a few things each year. It's a much better life, but there are things you have to give up professionally.

I've been at the same job for 26 years, but it is my own business so not quite the same. I surely would have quit a long time ago otherwise. The hours suck.

At 60 I am looking at retirement longingly. Mostly because of the huge stress factor. DH is 49 so his outlook is a bit different. We both are focusing on simplifying. The plan is to live in a paid off house with solar panels and so forth to reduce the expenses as much as possible. Automating or delegating as much of our work burden as possible.

I am sure I will be working for a good long time, but not at the level of daily stress I endure now.

I've worked 10 years at two different places, with breaks inbetween for contract jobs. Much prefer to have a long-term job -- how much I hope for it again!

I got my Uber phone (Uber app and map only function, which is fine by me) and am active on the system now, so tomorrow I will give it a try (I have a commitment tonight!)... which also means I have to quick-clean the car for presentability. Not that it's not already fairly clean, but you know how the cruft accumulates.

My dad took early retirement as part of a workforce reduction program at his workplace, although now i don't remember exactly when that was or how old he was. But it was a great choice for him, I know that.

I don't know if I've had the same job or been with the same company for more than two years. Maybe I have, but surely not more than 4. Well, working for myself, technically, but that was consulting and more like having a new job every time I got a different client. I think I'll keep this one for a while, unless I get fired or laid off, of course. It's been a year and a half and I'm not getting antsy yet.

I would, ideally, work 20-30 hours a week, doing something fun/meaningful.

That would be great! I have kind of done that, on occasion, and it was great, come to think of it. Aside from the not having much money part.

The plan is to live in a paid off house with solar panels and so forth to reduce the expenses as much as possible.

My parents have managed that, and it's pretty sweet. Although they do keep plowing money into household improvements, but they have savings for that so it's okay. And probably if they chose not to do it it would also be okay, really. Improvements they want, not need, so far anyway.

It's one thing for a prof or many white collar workers to cling to their desk for an extra five or seven years if they choose. It's a very different story in a lot of other jobs.

That's a really important point. My mother (almost 70) is still working part time because she likes it. I would like working more if it were part time!

I think somebody needs to buy this for Jesse

Because of the eyerolling? Or because of how everyone can SUCK IT?

I'm only 51 and would happily retire tomorrow if I had the resources. I don't hate my job, but I don't live for it either.

I've been in my current job almost 7 years, which is by far the longest job I've had, and I am beginning to think I will be here until I stop working.

Because of the eyerolling.