If you had a choice to spend most of your life working hard and not being happy, while hoping for very happy and enjoyable last few days of life, would you choose it? The first thought that comes to my mind regarding this is about the lives spent being unhappy and at the same time being focussed for almost 60 years in order to be financially independent during retirement. I would not want to lead such a life, and I am not going to.

Why the thought of retirement is scary for me

The second thought that comes to my mind regarding this is the possibility of us dying anytime, which makes me wonder how for me retirement is so unattractive because of this second thought being so true. The concept of retirement is taken by many people today to mean that we have to waste and sacrifice everything today in order to be happy financially in the last few years of our lives.

On looking at life as a long-term retirement opportunity

I tell myself the following when I think of the concept of retirement in life: be happy today while helping others, and keep aiming for bigger opportunities daily, and at the same time look forward to a future where happily working towards more opportunities will not be a hassle or waste of time. If I can have a happy and financially stable life today, I will not have to look desperately towards the future for those two things while wasting all the opportunities that can bring forth happiness and other things today.

On looking at blog as a short-term retirement opportunity

I tell myself the following when I think of blogging only for money: be happy blogging today and keep aiming on learning and sharing with others what is learned from life and blogs in order to help others, and at the same time look forward to a future where happily helping others through writing and learning from such experiences will not be felt as a hassle or waste of time. If money comes along writing what I feel people should know instead of writing things I do not believe in so that hordes of people can click on ads, great.

What do you think about retiring and looking forward to an end?