I was thinking. When i talk to my friends about future plans, i normally tell them that i want to make enough money and retire early, if possible. Maybe at an age of about 55 or so, maybe earlier. Or perhaps i'll quit being a lawyer or whatnot at the age of 45 and proceed to be a primary school math teacher or something like that until the age of 65.
But now, i'm wondering...why do i even think about retiring early? Is it because i have a preconception that work is shit and that lawyer work is going to be shit? Is this preconception (that work is shit) because my dad keeps talking about early retirement? Or is it because i have gone through over a decade of schoolwork and have hated nearly every bit of it?
I've already thrown myself into law school, and the living environment that i'm in dictates that anything other than the fastest track is pure failure. Which means, essentially, that as far as possible, i don't want to back out of the challenge. In any case, there isn't any work i can think of that i'd actually love enough that i'd rather not retire.
So, is it still possible that, within the law profession, there's actually a job that i might actually like sufficiently enough that i can stick with it without any problems until i'm over 60? People would say that such a thing is not likely, given how boring and tedious work can get in law firms. But well, i'm hoping that the next 3 years in law school will give me some kind of hint. I'm still interested in copyright laws, at least, and i still like the idea of being a hero to the legally marginalised, so hopefully i would also like the tedious work that goes along with either of that.
We'll see how it goes.
