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The longer you live, the harder it becomes. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Your body is slowing breaking down. Your responsibilities only go keep going up as you age. Overall, things get harder.

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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

Responsibilities definitely go down again when you become a pensioner, and many employees who don't make it into management have to leave their job because of age discrimination or health issues at some point before pension, at which point the usually get a job that requires fewer qualifications and thus usually comes with fewer responsibilities.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yes but at that point, your body is at it's weakest stage too.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    It doesn't fall off immediately, though. For a lot of people, at least the first couple of years as pensioners are quite livable, especially in countries that have a low retirement age relative to their life expectancy (e.g. Japan).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Also, retire early. You can't buy more time, and you definitely can't buy the energy and health you had.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Definitely. My grandfather died like 3 years into his retirement. His early death was kinda avoidable (he had a pretty unhealthy lifestyle and avoided going to doctors even though it's fairly cheap in our country), but even people with healthy lifestyles can die early from accidents or diseases.

    On the flipside, my grandmother is still doing pretty well more than a decade later. But she'd probably prefer spending her retirement with her husband.

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