At what age should you retire #shorts

14 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by TJ Walker arguing that aging does not necessarily require slowing down—particularly for people engaged in knowledge or mental work. Walker contrasts physical/manual labor (where aging may limit activity) with knowledge work and encourages continued engagement in companies, ventures, hobbies, and volunteer work, while advising focus on what’s important to maintain a meaningful life.

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It's natural to slow down when you get older. But do you have to? Absolutely not. It's one thing if you are doing hard manual labor your whole life and you're physically tired and worn out. But these days, so many of us are involved with mental activity knowledge work. So as long as your brain works, you can actually be more active. You can be involved with more companies, more ventures, more hobbies, more non profit volunteer work. Just because you age doesn't mean you have to slow down. You do need focus more on what's more important to give yourself a meaningful life.