I’m already retired and I’ve been this way for almost my whole life except for a 10 month period between December 2018 and October 2019. This is a 10 month period of my life that I will never get back and a 10 month period that I wish I could erase from my life. I never did anything meaningful in my job and just waited for the day to end and then pulled my hair out waiting for my bus to arrive after to bring my home, the latter situation having played a key role in my desired dismissal and fueling my desire to never return despite constant pressure from people who are my friends. This was no doubt one of the darkest times in my life and even though money continues to be somewhat of an issue, I am able to find solace in not having it when I ask myself if it’s worth getting a job again so I can make more. Of course, the answer is no. To be honest, I’m fine with the way my life is now because work was just too much of a responsibility.

So like I said before, essentially, I’ve always been retired as I never really counted those 10 months I actually worked. To give a more decent answer though, I guess I’ll never need to retire if I don’t work in the first place.