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I want to be a Barista FIRE - meaning, I actually enjoy talking to other humans and performing a task in exchange for money. I don't want that to dominate my personality and I don't want to NEED that job. In my later years, I hope to be lucky enough to work for fun and not to survive.

That's what I'm aiming for. Full-on retirement seems boring.

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I used to say "My dream is to work for free."

I'm living the dream.

I was pushed out of the workforce, five years ago (Laid off, then no one would talk to an "old").

It was scary and infuriating, but, I have since found it to be the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm very fortunate, in having the means to live (fairly humbly), and not need to work.

I love writing code, though, so that's what I do; all day, every day. I found some nonprofit stuff that engages me, and I give them a level of code that they could only dream of.

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