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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Both you and Gary were young when you were told that, so it must have been devastating.
I had turned 50, and had worked 35 years full time. I heaved a sigh of relief.
When you have spent a large chunk of your life identifying yourself by your occupation, it is like losing your identity.
People who are in work should realise
you are not your occupation so when you are asked 'what do you do?', don't say 'I am a xxxxxx'
...better to say 'I am a wage slave'  |
I was lucky, in that I did a job I'd spent years at art school training for, and I loved it.
I'm still lucky, very lucky.
Life today is just another chapter in life's book, that I didn't see coming.
Though if the next chapter features a care home, and endless days sat in front of daytime telly, sat in an armchair stinking of pee, I plan to rip out those last few pages.
