我为什么很重要’我采用了我的生活方式…好吧，最大的部分– is that 财务独立 对我来说是一个极具吸引力的前景。
I believe that human beings are more 喜欢ly to produce the highest positive benefit to society when they follow their passions and interests on their own time and in the absence of financial stress or incentives.
所以我很好奇看到最近的回应 盖洛普民意调查向美国人问了一个问题，“If you won 10 million dollars in the lottery, would you continue to 工作, or would you stop 工作ing?“.
在我们得出结果之前–我们都可以同意，1000万美元在当今时代仍然足够每个人都可以退出吗？即使问题被解释为税前总和，’远远超过我们中99％的收入 净值 在我们的一生中。
So what were the results? A stunning 68% of respondents (and 72% of 18-34 year olds) said that they would continue to 工作. And this number has gone up since the same question was last asked in 2006.
The remaining 31% would stop 工作ing.
嗯… that’s, ummm… interesting.
就在几年前，另一项民意调查显示 45% of Americans were satisfied with their 工作s –创历史新低。其他55％的人不满意或更差。
还有一项民意调查表明 70.8％的美国人想成为自雇人士 （而 只有7％是）。
所以，我们不’t 喜欢 our 工作s, want to be self-employed (but aren’t yet), yet we would keep 工作ing? Something seems off here.
对于第一个问题，需要有一个后续问题，该问题要深入一点才能从该问题中获得任何价值。实际上，有：“Would you continue to 工作 in your current 工作, or would you take a different 工作?”
To this question, 44% of respondents would continue in their current 工作, 23% would continue in a different 工作, and as mentioned earlier – 31% would stop 工作ing altogether.
The 44% that would continue 工作ing aligns almost perfectly to the 45% who were satisfied in their 工作s in the previously referenced poll. It seems highly 喜欢ly there’s a correlation.
但是他们很高兴’d continue 工作ing in the same 工作, after the windfall, despite the opportunity to leave the 工作force altogether? 那’一些强大的库尔援助。
And another 23% are not happy enough with their 工作 to want to continue 工作ing in it, after the windfall, but they would still want to start over somewhere else, despite the opportunity to leave the 工作force? 那’双重动力的库尔援助。
I’我一直想知道为什么高净值个人，特别是那些处于高度压力的c级职位的人，在积累了数千万美元的净资产后仍继续做自己的工作。我能想到的最好的办法是，他们（显然是这些调查所证明的大多数美国人）对自己所做的工作感到很强烈的身份和地位。如此之多，以至于没有任何金钱或压力会让他们想摆脱这种身份/状态。 The value of 工作 and status to our identities in America is so powerful it trumps all else. But at what cost?
We live in a country that values 工作 for 工作’的缘故和地位。即使我们是 劳累过度 to the point of burnout (we do, indeed, 工作 more than any other developed nation). It is the thing we most tie our identities to. Think about it for a second –在初次认识新朋友时，我们通常会问的第一个问题是什么？“所以你会怎么做？” or “Where do you 工作?“.
如果我要赢得1000万美元，我不能说我’d continue doing the same 工作 (which I’我已经做了6年多了，已经学到了我学到的95％的知识，但是，我没有’认为离开它很容易，因为这是我醒来一半以上的时间，而我不这样做’不能完全吸吮它。至少在紧接着没有一点重新发现阶段的情况下，这种情况并非没有。
las，我会走开。我会直接走到沙发上呆60年吗？不，我几乎可以肯定会做许多其他人定义为的其他事情“work”。实际上，赚钱的动机为零。相反，我会根据自己的兴趣和所获得的满足感来选择自己的追求。一世’d做一会儿。然后我’d找到其他东西并重复。
生活’s too short to be defined by just one 工作 that we have to do to make money, in my view.
工作讨论的价值：
- Would you keep 工作ing, if you came across a $10M windfall?
- If so, would you keep the same 工作 or move to another 工作?
- What is the value of 工作 to you, if any, outside of making money?
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My inclination is that 是, I would keep 工作ing if I suddenly received some massive windfall of millions.
我的原因是’我只有26岁，老实说，我很无聊。我们每隔一段时间就会有一个为期三天的周末，我发现自己在那个星期一正忙得不可开交。如果我确实得到了意外的收获，我’d可能要旅行一些，但这不是’我一生都想做的事情。一世’我不是一个流浪的人。我想在一个地方安顿下来，可能要增加我的志愿工作（我每周大约工作10个小时），但我需要工作以免感到无聊。
I’d还清债务，购买公寓，让姐姐上学，并在晚年抚养母亲。但是即使我毕竟还有几百万’d probably keep 工作ing in the same 工作 I do now. It’s intellectually stimulating, I enjoy my coworkers, and I think the 工作 is important (I 工作 for a medical journal). It’有趣而有趣。
您 might be making the assumption that people 工作 in 工作s that they don’享受或找到意义和目的。我之所以选择自己的职业，是因为这对我来说很有趣，并且对社会有用。我不’赚不了多少，但我的目标是’t to be rich.
I would keep 工作ing because I 喜欢 what I do everyday. I don’认为突然拥有大量资金会改变这种状况。
没有假设– 55% of Americans are dissatisfied, according to polls. I would expect the REAL # is actually higher than that. If a stranger asks you if you are satisfied with your 工作, I think your first inclination is to respond that you are. Most people usually only air their grievances about 工作 with a close circle of people.
那’这是一个非常有趣的问题。
正如Karen刚才提到的，我今年34岁，我需要一些东西来集中精力。
So I would probably continue 工作ing, but reduce the number of hours so that I can expand a couple of side projects that I’m 工作ing on.
要么我要么卖掉我的业务，然后将所有的时间都花在一个无法进行的重大研究项目上。
I would keep 工作ing at my current 工作 (self-employed) at a lighter 工作load until the day it wasn’不再有趣了。更重要的是，我’d use the $10M to give my husband a reason to leave his not-as-fun 工作 and have time to do more creative pursuits, 喜欢 maybe start a blog for fun 🙂
If I came across a $10mm windfall, I would be 工作ing towards things that I really love. More volunteering and helping others.
I 喜欢 to 工作, and I 喜欢 to keep busy.
就像其他人所说的，我不’t know if I’d整天一无所获，我’d 喜欢ly get bored. I’d 喜欢ly see if I could find something to do all day in a way that excites me at a charity I agree with.
我确实同意美国人过于痴迷身份。他们的生活质量可能不会因新购买而完全改善，但我们需要拥有更大的房屋，更新的汽车等。走进高档服装店，看看价格标签；他们的衣服好多了吗？不，它甚至可能根本没有更好。但它’高地位的服装！
For those competitive people who enjoy 工作ing hard at something to be better than others: I recommend one of the many sports/activities which have easy comparisons and are quite fun: Golf (handicap), Rock Climbing, (routes have various skill ratings, the higher the number you can complete, the better you are) Cycling on Strava, among many other options.
如果我得到了这么大的一笔意外收获，我首先会花一些时间来吸收并考虑我的选择。这意味着继续我的当前“job”一段时间并完成我的博士学位。一世’已经为它作了太长时间了，以至于出于任何原因都放弃了！我丈夫和他的博士也一样。完成后，我们’d可能要花些时间旅行和放松，搬到圣地亚哥并买房。然后，我们将决定如何度过自己的时间。我想我丈夫会继续研究，因为’是他的爱，但是不会’承受接受压力的压力’完全感到兴奋。我们’d可能开始生孩子了，我’d是一个全职妈妈，可能仍然会以撰写博客或自由职业占据自己的位置。我想我的答案是每个。继续在同一位置停留一会儿，然后慢慢进行一些更改– nothing rash!
I’d be gone tomorrow. I am 47 and could retire today if I absolutely had to but I 喜欢 my 工作…just not enough to keep 工作ing if there was 0 financial incentive to do so.
I think I would ride my bike across the US and maybe back through Canada and then find a 工作 teaching kids young enough that they still want to learn.
我会错过与同事的社交互动。这将是最难放弃的事情。
有趣的是，到目前为止，已经做出反应的前几名女性似乎是在喝加仑的辅助酒，而不是杯子。 IME 20岁女性’绝对没有兴趣，活动和挑战来占据自己的时间。并非男人可以’不是这样，但对我来说’妇女对她们的影响更大，因为她们’我接受了女权主义者的职业女性宣传。第一战’曾问过其他女性IRL的此类问题，大多数人说她们会继续工作。
I know so many guys who would leave their 工作s immediately, including myself (and I kind of 喜欢 my 工作), because they have so many other interests and hobbies. Sadly, as a single guy in his 20s it’s difficult finding an interesting woman who does something else besides 工作, shop and watch bad TV, but that’s a different story.
我确实同意你的看法，因为我在很多非常注重职业的女朋友中看到了这一点。也许这是因为我们的生物学认为（大多数）女性寻求稳定和舒适（以养家糊口），而男性则倾向于冒险。但是为了反驳您对20年代女性的看法，我是二十多岁的女性，并且我强调要追求一种生活方式，在这种生活方式中，我要尽可能多地关注自己的兴趣（例如旅行，文学，写作）并尽可能减少工作（金钱），即：我选择的工作要给我很多私人时间和灵活性。人们经常说他们羡慕我的生活方式，但事实是，一旦我们将诸如个人时间之类的价值用于追求自己的兴趣，并且我们有意识地为此付出努力，那么拥有适合非工作相关兴趣的生活方式就变得可行和追求。我认为出色地展示了我们如何通过简化财务生活来释放时间，以便我们能够追求更丰富的社会/精神/智力生活。
“有趣的是，到目前为止，已经做出反应的前几名女性似乎是在喝加仑的辅助酒，而不是杯子。 IME 20岁女性′s are absolutely void of hobbies, activities and challenges to occupy their time. ”
Ouch, talk about assumption-city. I love my 工作 and am definitely focused on growing my career, so I can grow my income, so I can take care of myself in my old age. But I wouldn’t say I’m “没有兴趣和活动。”我自愿参加，每周参加一次佛教聚会，我沉迷于阅读和写作，参加MOOC，’m learning programming (which is not a skill focused on in my current 工作). I also hate shopping and don’t own a TV.
I do exactly what I want to do. What I want to do is keep my great day 工作, read and write in my spare time, continue my education, and volunteer. So, that’s what I do. Because I enjoy my 工作, I wouldn’t immediately find a reason to quit if there was a huge financial windfall. Once the 工作 became less fun or not as fulfilling, then 是, I’d move on. But I’d不管我是否有一个神奇的1000万人坐在我身边等着我。
“女权主义者，职业女性宣传”
Yes, any woman who enjoys her 工作 is clearing buying into “feminist propaganda.”女人怎么敢在厨房外发现满足感和兴奋感。
“作为20多岁的单身男人，很难找到一个有趣的女人”
您’re single? I’m shocked because you sound 喜欢 such a delightful catch.
我感觉杰森即将来临…. =)
在得出结果之前，我们所有人都可以同意，1000万美元在当今时代仍然足够每个人都可以退出吗？即使将问题解释为税前和整笔款项，其金额也远远超过我们一生中99％的人将积累的净资产。
因此，一次性付清这500万是多少？税后250万？这个数字太低了，甚至无法考虑离开劳动力。非有机农场本地采购的食品价格昂贵。海湾地区二手独户房屋的平均价格超过一百万。这大约是足够的钱来舒适地购买一所家庭住宅和一块特斯拉，同时留下缓冲的钱来承担更大的职业风险，例如在早期创业公司工作或为自己的种子做种子。但是停止是不可能的。在银行拥有1000万（或一次性付清税款后为2.5）也不会’甚至使您与海湾地区1％的人处于同一联盟。
I have this discussion with my husband and friends and colleagues all the time. I absolutely hands-down would quit my 工作 immediately if I won $10M. I am very lucky to 工作 for an incredible company that highly values its employees and treats us very well and provides great benefits, and I actually happen to 喜欢 my 工作. But, at the end of the day, it’s a 工作 I do in order to collect a paycheck. At the point I no longer needed the paycheck in order to continue to live a comfortable life, I’d绝对不要在这里工作。就像你说的，我不会’终生坐在沙发上，但我’d绝对要放松一些“schedule” and wouldn’平日有些坐沙发和睡觉的地方。一世’d奉献我的时间，资源和努力去从事我深为关心的事业，但我不会为金钱而工作。
对我来说不是’取决于我是否“like” my 工作. I enjoy my co-workers, I love my patients, and I find my 工作 meaningful. BUT…为了做到这一点，我必须在特定的时间，特定的日子起床，从Xam到Xpm等，等等。
我喜欢远足和弹钢琴，但他们’d如果我是别人的奴隶，就开始吮吸’s 时间表. 40+ hours per week of anything is not my idea of fun.
I want to wake up on a natural 时间表 and make my own decisions on how productive to be and where I should put that productivity to 工作 depending on my own natural cycles and desires. I’在我的生活中，从来没有遇到过烦闷的麻烦，因为总有事情要做，无论是志愿服务，学习新的兴趣/技能，还是干脆走进大自然并放松自己并拥有一本好书。
这一切都归结为自由和灵活性。
是的，如果我一次性付了1000万美元，’d keep 工作ing in my current occupation and attempt to double the money. And, I’d尽一切可能确保为我的孙辈们积累足够的财富。
The biggest value I find in the 工作 I do is meeting new people, but those everyday opportunities might disappear once a person comes into an enormous lump sum money especially if its public knowledge, 喜欢 winning the lottery.
Who knows, a person might not even be able to 工作 with the public if they came into such a large sum of money.
搁置并投资我认为需要的东西后，我’d quit my 工作, move, finalize this business plan I’我已经呆了很长时间，开始了我的事业。所以，是的，我’d keep “working”, but it’d be doing what I’我对环境充满热情’我为自己完善了。
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Being happy with my current 工作 I would continue to 工作. Other than buying a modest home I would bank the rest and break down the remainder into yearly bonus if you will till the expected time of my demise. I enjoy my standard of living but a extra $100K a year would really take the edge off. (assuming I live to 90 and 40% to the government)
从某人说话’在过去几年中，每年一次失业几个月，我可以说这是我唯一的原因’d continue to 工作 after a windfall, is due to the purpose it gives.
Meaning, any person worth their salt gets bored, depressed, and feels lousy after just sitting around for months contributing nothing to society or the household. Its healthy and natural to want to 工作, for the sake that 工作 is good.
但是我认为你找到了主要原因–美国过分地坚持按职业定义一个人。
作为一个谁’我的梦想是待在家里养育一个可爱的家庭，花我的时间教他们 –而不是送他们去学校–维持一个有序的家庭’我了解到反对这一观点有多么可怕的偏见。
Why is it considered so worthless and unacceptable for a grown woman to want to run a home and raise children, 喜欢 they did in the 50s and 60s?
为什么当有人问我要做什么时，我告诉他们，他们的眼睛凝视着，微笑渐渐消退，而他们却显得有些ask问？
这可能仅仅是对美国如何变得过于束手无策的一种反映，即通过他们在屋外所做的事情来定义一个人，而不是通过他们的身份来定义一个人吗？
这么说，我’d still pursue my dream even if I landed a windfall; and I know my husband would continue to 工作 at what he loves – computers –但是他的能力肯定不同于他目前的能力。有更多的空闲时间！