inspired from: retired husband syndrome [0] and original comment [1]
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28785222 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28786321
Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
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Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#2It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement.
Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#3I am happy with my choice. And hey, I've got more time to visit HN! But seriously, I would have been happy to exit the workforce at any point. Working in the tech field has never been healthy for me. It was a hobby that paid sufficiently. Now I have more time to focus on undoing the damage from sitting so much and not remaining physically active.
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#4It 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'm sorry to say this, but this is one of the saddest things a person can say in my opinion. You can definitely become your job, but I can't see myself ever wanting something like that.
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#5It 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.
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#6It 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 allowed to work still...
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#7It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
What were the circumstances?
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#8It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Actually you are what you do. People can quit their job anytime they want to; most just lack the courage and fortitude to attempt living without a solid income and utilize all manner of emotionally based arguments to make them think this is not the true reason they do just that.
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#9It sucks to be frank. It wasn't quite my choice to take an early retirement. Despite what the pundits say, you are your job.
Not here, never was and never will be. Its just a job regardless how creative it can be, life is about myriad other things, cool, great, actually important.
But to each their own, my perspective is that I don't want to have work-related regrets (ideally no regrets at all) when dying, and me being my job would definitely be #1 or #2 on such a list.
I would change it to "you are what you can", which expands possibilities up to the sky (with paragliding, sky is included)
Re: Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: What is your life like?
#10That'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.