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It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Hoping that the global economy is past the hangover by the end of the decade.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
> you are your job I hope you don’t take it personally, because it’s not intended as such, but this is sad.
It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Please don’t listen to this. These are the words of someone who allowed work to destroy the part of themselves that had their own hopes and dreams. Only a shell that could take directions was left.
That's my dream... I have so many hobbies that I can't enjoy because of the lack of time. But it seems that before I save enough, I'll be too old and tired to finally enjoy them. At least I'm not going hungry in the meantime.
You’ll never get there early by saving. The only way is by smart investing.
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Please don’t listen to this. These are the words of someone who allowed work to destroy the part of themselves that had their own hopes and dreams. Only a shell that could take directions was left.
Do you know this person? Because I actually love my job, and I feel like if I retired right now it would suck. I would definitely be bored.
Another third of my time is spent pursuing paragliding. It’s something I found interesting before, but I just never had the flexibility in my life to take more than a week off work. Now I can live in Colombia for a month at a time, both a great environment and change of pace, and a fantastic way to learn.
The rest of my time I work on a little mini startup. It’s different than what I was doing before because it’s decidedly ‘lifestyle’. No VC money. Just building something I find interesting with people I like. If I don’t want to do something, or I don’t have the time, I simply say that! It’s all the fun of building a product and bringing it to the market with a world less stress.
The most important thing to know is: I didn’t plan any of this. I was so burnt out that thinking of anything I wanted to do was challenging. But after six months of cranking on cars and other mundane projects the world opened in front of me, and I realized all those things I loved doing as a child are still with me.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please don’t listen to this. These are the words of someone who allowed work to destroy the part of themselves that had their own hopes and dreams. Only a shell that could take directions was left.
Do you know this person? Because I actually love my job, and I feel like if I retired right now it would suck. I would definitely be bored.