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EvilPixie Oct 2023 10:47am, 17 Oct 2023 47,861 posts	0 EvilPixie oh happy I agree I am pretty sure I wouldn't be bored but what I mean is if you aren't working and are bored then that's a choice you have made I have written a list of things I could do/read/learn and left it on my bedside table - I am sure Mr Pix hasn't noticed unless he read it whilst doing some dusting
Mandymoo Oct 2023 10:49am, 17 Oct 2023 17,512 posts	0 Mandymoo Totally agree with you HappyG. 2.5 years in and so far one day when I said I was bored! So much to do, am loving exploring and seeing new places
Velociraptor Oct 2023 10:54am, 17 Oct 2023 65,860 posts	0 Velociraptor I haven't been bored yet. It's a conspiracy of fear intended to keep our noses to the grindstone.
EvilPixie Oct 2023 11:03am, 17 Oct 2023 47,862 posts	0 EvilPixie LOL I think so vrap and as for running out of money - as we've said on here before if needed cut back or find a part time job
HappyTimes Oct 2023 11:22am, 17 Oct 2023 2,753 posts	0 HappyTimes While I feel reasonably sure I won't be bored (certainly no more than while a worker) I would rather be bored than continuing in job that I don't mostly enjoy. Why so many seem to work for years and years in something they pretty much hate is beyond me. Trade less money that just gets spent on unnecessary "toys" for a healthier happier content self. Life is short, why choose drudgery for such large part of it.
EvilPixie Oct 2023 11:23am, 17 Oct 2023 47,864 posts	0 EvilPixie nods
HappyG(rrr) Oct 2023 11:36am, 17 Oct 2023 48,141 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) applauds Though slightly caveat (that I know HappyT will get - as a fellow horsey person) - horses, innit?! Once house paid off, the horses are a massive financial burden. So my missus would happily work until in grave to support her horse habit. Me, not so much! G
Hanneke Oct 2023 11:45am, 17 Oct 2023 112,945 posts	0 Hanneke I haven't been bored yet. It's a conspiracy of fear intended to keep our noses to the grindstone. Indeed!!!
Hanneke Oct 2023 11:46am, 17 Oct 2023 112,946 posts	0 Hanneke I have yet to be bored in this life. I am 58!!!
EvilPixie Oct 2023 11:47am, 17 Oct 2023 47,865 posts	0 EvilPixie only time I have been bored has been when I am at work LOL

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