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How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There has to be a better system than this.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Would love to talk further with you. Mid 40s, narcolepsy, and some doubt that I’ll make it to retirement age in a way that makes SSA pay meaningfully.

Struggling thru the next twenty or so years seems like hell. Love my job, but doesn’t make up for the mess that is life for me.

On top of that, I made promises to my wife of fifteeen years, back when, and I’m bent on keeping them.

My disease is hardly akin to cancer, but I think you have some collected wisdom that would make a meaningful differentlce in our lives.