A Boring Dystopia

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More older Americans delaying retirement, returning to workforce (www.news4jax.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

In my father's case. it has nothing to do with money.

He's bored. His entire boomer life has been dedicated to work. So when it came time to retire, he tried that. Was bored, and decided he enjoyed having things to do. So now he's working part time doing book keeping for random businesses.

The boomer generation made work/life balance so skewed towards work for themselves that so many of them, despite enriching themselves from a wealth stand point, do not know what else to do with themselves. '