{"id":3579,"date":"2013-03-04T18:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T12:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2013-03-04T18:25:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T12:55:32","slug":"25-years-of-work-remaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years of Work Remaining :("},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m lazy<\/a>. Everyone knows it. Nothing pleases me more than the knowledge that I don’t have to work. I also like money, which is why I have detailed retirement plans<\/a> to make myself secure for old age. Alas, these two urges – love for money and laziness – contradict each other. If I wasn’t lazy, I would work hard for a few years and enjoy the rest of my life. If I didn’t love money, I wouldn’t work so hard (comparatively) to secure my future. Aaaaah!<\/p>\n

\"Will
Will it Ever End?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My retirement age is set for 55. By that time my savings would be around 6-7 Cr. which would equate to 1 Cr. in today’s value. Meaning I can peacefully live off the interest forever and ever. But…I’m only 30 right now!\u00a0<\/em>I have\u00a025 years of work<\/strong> left. Good god! How am I going to stand it? I can’t…I can’t. I have to!<\/p>\n

As of now this is my biggest problem in life. A world consuming, day blackening, sitting heavily on my shoulders kind of problem. The only reprieve is the two days I get off every week and then back to the grindstone again. 2 hours<\/em> every day :( . It’s enough to make me throw my hands up in despair and wonder whether any of this is worth it.<\/p>\n

How do others keep silent? Many work far harder than me for longer hours, in more stressful jobs and don’t complain about the years stretching away ahead of them. Am I just lazier than them? Do they not like to think of the future and prefer to just take each day as it comes? Maybe their work is interesting! But few people truly enjoy their work – most do it out of compulsion. So why is it\u00a0me<\/em> that complains the loudest?<\/p>\n

And these are the best years of my life I’m spending working. No body ache, or joint pain, or weakness. It should be the other way around! These should be carefree happy years with no worries about getting up in the morning, and no pressure. Reality is all screwed up. Is there any wonder I turn to the virtual world<\/a> for some sanity?<\/p>\n

I know what you’re thinking. “Life’s tough bub!” Yeah, don’t I know it. But that doesn’t mean I can’t bitch and groan all the way right? I mean unless people like me take the effort of trying to find a way out and making our lives work free, how will we ever reach that oh-so-highly-desirable state? Maybe one day…one far distant silvery day in the future…we’ll have advanced sufficiently in AI and robotics to have machines grow our food, build houses, and cater to every whim and fancy. Maybe even wipe my butt. Everything will be available in abundance and free since money itself will have no value. But I won’t live to see that shining dawn. Oh woe is me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m set for retirement at 55. But I’m only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-financial-matters","category-personal"],"yoast_head":"\n25 Years of Work Remaining :(<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"25 Years of Work Remaining :(\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bhagwad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bhagwad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bhagwad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bhagwad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"bhagwad\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23\"},\"headline\":\"25 Years of Work Remaining :(\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":24,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\\\/-obRjIrIade0\\\/UTSZiuEOrAI\\\/AAAAAAAACE4\\\/l7d_vchhR40\\\/s301\\\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Financial Matters\",\"Personal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/\",\"name\":\"25 Years of Work Remaining :(\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\\\/-obRjIrIade0\\\/UTSZiuEOrAI\\\/AAAAAAAACE4\\\/l7d_vchhR40\\\/s301\\\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\\\/-obRjIrIade0\\\/UTSZiuEOrAI\\\/AAAAAAAACE4\\\/l7d_vchhR40\\\/s301\\\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\\\/-obRjIrIade0\\\/UTSZiuEOrAI\\\/AAAAAAAACE4\\\/l7d_vchhR40\\\/s301\\\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/personal\\\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"25 Years of Work Remaining :(\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park\",\"description\":\"My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23\",\"name\":\"bhagwad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049\",\"caption\":\"bhagwad\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.bhagwad.com\\\/blog\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"25 Years of Work Remaining :(","description":"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"25 Years of Work Remaining :(","og_description":"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/","og_site_name":"Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park","article_published_time":"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"bhagwad","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bhagwad","twitter_site":"@bhagwad","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bhagwad","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/"},"author":{"name":"bhagwad","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23"},"headline":"25 Years of Work Remaining :(","datePublished":"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/"},"wordCount":514,"commentCount":24,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg","articleSection":["Financial Matters","Personal"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/","name":"25 Years of Work Remaining :(","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-04T12:55:32+00:00","description":"I'm set for retirement at 55. But I'm only 30. Good grief I have to work for 25 years more! Impossible. How am I going to manage it?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-obRjIrIade0\/UTSZiuEOrAI\/AAAAAAAACE4\/l7d_vchhR40\/s301\/Will+it+Ever+End.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2013\/personal\/25-years-of-work-remaining.html\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"25 Years of Work Remaining :("}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/","name":"Expressions - Bhagwad Jal Park","description":"My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/06c9c710885b810f1dfe3779fc346b23","name":"bhagwad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049","url":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049","caption":"bhagwad"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7940f38fc479ebe739ec963b542bf098.jpg?ver=1779900049"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}