Working for the rest of your life may sound unappealing but 100-year-olds around the globe say not retiring is what keeps them feeling youthful and fulfilled.
Guess she was an at home mom, right? Because that’s more than a full time job, especially back in the days when the man didn’t take care of the kids except when it came time to scold them.
In both of the world wars Britain had an organisation called the Women’s Land Army. Which was a thing women could volunteer for to work on farms while the men who would normally work there were at war.
Counterpoint: my nan is 104 and hasn’t done a day of work since she was a Land Girl during the second world war.
Guess she was an at home mom, right? Because that’s more than a full time job, especially back in the days when the man didn’t take care of the kids except when it came time to scold them.
True. But even once the last child was an adult she didn’t even have any kind of part time work.
What is a land girl?
In both of the world wars Britain had an organisation called the Women’s Land Army. Which was a thing women could volunteer for to work on farms while the men who would normally work there were at war.
https://www.womenslandarmy.co.uk/