Lady of Leisure
Published January 26, 2007 by CabledSheep
This week I gave formal notice to my HR department that I plan to “retire” on May 1st. Yes, I know, I’m not “old enough” to retire. That’s the beauty of starting work when you’re six. Well, ok, I was a little older than that. But still, it ain’t bad to be able to retire before the age of 50. Of course, I do have to use a big chunk of my 401(k) account to buy some service and make it happen. But I’m too burned out to take any more, and I really hate hate hate being a manager. Did I mention that I hate being a manager? Give me programming and I’m happy. I was planning to continue working there part time for a while to help ease their pain, but the Utah legislature has a bill in the works that will (if passed) prevent me from working at the same agency for a year (even if it’s only a couple of hours a week). Oh well, it’ll be their loss, not mine.
So now for the fun part. What should I say in the future when people ask me “what I do”. With no kids, I’m not a SAHM. Should I be a “lady of leisure”? I doubt I’ll have all that much leisure time. A “woman of independent means” (more like “adequate” means)? Should I tell people I live off my “boy toy”? I don’t want to be a domestic engineer or even a domestic goddess - who wants to be domesticated?
Whaddya think - anyone have a good suggestion? I could, of course, just say “I knit”.
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Cabled Sheep lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys knitting and munching veggies out of the garden.
Tell them to use their imagination. How about you say your undercover and can’t discuss it. You could say “I do whatever I like.”
Household Accounts and Maintenance Manager?
No, wait, you hate being the manager…
I go for “Lady of independent means”. I have been retired for over 15 years, and I have never been busier. I find that there is not the money to give to charity that there once was, but all charities benefit from time given.
I always say that when I worked I had more money to buy supplies for my crafts and not the time to have the fun. Now I have the time to have the fun and less money, but I never seem to be without stash!
Enjoy, because this is no dress rehearsal and no one ever died saying, “I wish I had worked more!”
Who you are is not what you do, not any more than your money is your wealth. When someone has the temerity to ask what you do, you look at them point blank and say, “You mean this week?” Your heart must just sing with the possibilities! Blue skies!
I want to retire too! I don’t think my 401k is big enough to cover me yet though. Shame really.
As for what to tell people. You could always go for the obvious and tell people you retired. Just a thought.
You have a boy toy?? Cool!