Economic speculation
How rich would I be if I invested six more weeks of my life? The question is rhetorical, but there’s a seed idea behind it. With just over two hundred more days to go before my intended retirement date, the idea resurfaced (this morning) of a departure in about one hundred and sixty. When I am actuarily eligible. At play; a slight reduction in revenues, for the rest of my life, in return for a few days less in the cubicle.
It’s all symbolic, but if I leave “on my birthday”, I actually only have about a month of work responsibilities. The rest gets gobbled up in accrued vacation time. If I stay, I get to leave with the first snowfall of another winter. Balanced against the reduction in dollars, it’s a hard sell for all involved. I’ll have to play with simulations for another bit, fully aware that there are deadlines to respect (for required paperwork) that could see me stressed during summer vacation. Or not. After all, knowing that there would only be “another month” pays for a lot of the perceived hardship.
Does anyone know of an easy way to “tell” the value of a gift card. The plastic kind, tied to a particular shopping mall, and where I rarely have need to venture. What could I do with an indeterminate amount of cash. Pretty hard to regift someone else. The easiest way will be to detour over there on the way home; the time it takes will be worth something. Maybe next week, when there’s no rain in the forecast.
