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Anyone else feeling the same, and how do you deal with it?
+1Dragline wrote:Think about what you plan to or might do when you stop working and begin to prepare for it.
KevinW wrote:
Personally, I've been less engaged online for the last year or two, because I've been out doing stuff IRL.
El Duderino wrote:Watch lots of random youtube videos. Nothing seems to make the hours go by so fast as getting lost in a tunnel of special interest short films.
Hi @cmonkey, while our situations are quite different (though I think we both come from technical backgrounds and may share the cube-dwelling lifestyle), I understand and feel the same way. I feel I'm about 3 years away from where I want my numbers to be. I've generally been a patient person, but knowing the distance to the "finish line" is what made time seem to stretch out forever for me. Before I had any idea about ERE or how far the end of the tunnel was, I happily plodded along.cmonkey wrote:Anyone else feeling the same, and how do you deal with it?
Agreed! The beauty of ERE though is that the tunnel is dramatically shortened. I would gladly take a 3-5 year tunnel of enlightened planning as opposed to a 30+ year tunnel of ignorance!abitofluck wrote:Before I had any idea about ERE or how far the end of the tunnel was, I happily plodded along.cmonkey wrote:Anyone else feeling the same, and how do you deal with it?
Well if I took the quickest route its about 20 minutes. I don't take the quickest route because I hate fast driving and traffic so I took a different route which was about 40 minutes. Living in the quad cities we have to deal with a couple of major rivers and so side roads are pretty limited particularly on the Illinois side. So a step up to 50 minutes with a forced walk every day isn't that bad.El Duderino wrote:An hour to go 12 miles? That sounds not so good, but the price is right.