On Work and Retirement

Strange Attitudes about the Nature of Work

Karine Schomer
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR
3 min readSep 8, 2023

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Photo: Olivier Le Moal (iStockPhoto)

Two things people commonly say about work give me the creeps.

(1) “ARE YOU STILL WORKING?”

This is usually asked of people who — like me — have reached an age when, ideally, you don’t have to keep doing work that pays in order to put food on the table. It’s another version of a question I equally…

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Karine Schomer
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

I explore the worlds of society, politics, culture, history, civilizations, language, life lessons— wherever curiosity takes me. karineschomer@cmct.net