I try to treat each evening and weekend as little slices of retirement because no one is guaranteed a lengthy one at the end of their career.

Hammar’s remark reframes “retirement” from a distant, guaranteed life-stage into a daily practice of reclaiming time. By treating evenings and weekends as “little slices of retirement,” he suggests that rest, autonomy, and personally meaningful activity should not be deferred until the end of one’s working life. The second clause—no one is guaranteed a long retirement—adds a memento mori realism: health, longevity, and circumstances are uncertain, so a life organized entirely around future leisure is a risky bargain. The quote implicitly critiques hustle culture and encourages sustainable work rhythms that integrate recovery and enjoyment now, not only later.