I just walked into the kitchen where the placement students were eating lunch and discussing their woes. I listened in. I didn't really want to, but I couldn't help it:
"I wish I could retire," said one, mournfully. I smiled into my teacup. How old are these kids?
"Yeah," said another, "My plan is to marry rich."
"How's that working out for you?"
"Oh preeeetty well..."
I chortled and then quickly turned it into a comedy cough. I really am quite dehydrated.
Anyway, what has happened to these Millennials? They haven't even started work yet and already they're wishing it could all be over? Are there four decades of misery ahead of them? That'd be terribly sad - especially for a group of people who've been consistently told that they could be anything they wanted to be. The gap between dreams and reality must be enormous.
They're right about one thing though - life is definitely much bigger than work, and your job should fuel your life, rather than the other way around. With that perspective, I'm sure we'd all like to retire while we've got the youth to enjoy it; but it's not everyone's privilege. So if you're going to do something, at least do something that you'll enjoy along the way!
I wiped up my teacup and headed back to my desk, with that exact thought rattling around in my head.
I hummed to myself as I unlocked my computer and logged back in to the world of technical documentation, statistics and scrum mastering.
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