Ten Reasons for the Great Realignment

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5. I dislike the word "retire"

Makes me think of my grandfather playing shuffleboard in Sun City.

I'm fortunate to have built up enough resources so I don't have to work. That gives me the freedom to pick and choose if I work or not.

I left a full time job last year. It was always WFH so the pandemic didn't affect me that much. It was a great job until management changes made it not-so-great, so I bailed. It felt good to be able to walk away.

I chose to do lot of skiing this winter, and that was great. Now some interesting freelance work has come my way and I'll do that for a while. So, I'm not "retired", just being a lot pickier.