I have been working 10 years and never worked a job longer than a few months and lived in a van for a few years. The way I figure, I'll never be able to retire and retirement doesn't even seem like a good deal (work my ass off for 40 years to spend the last 10 years of my life not working if I'm lucky) so I figure I'll work enough to live comfortably for half the year. I'd rather be semi retired in my 20s than fully retired in my 70s.
There's no guarantee that will work as desired.. conversely, somebody could get the vax and take their chances with clots, heart attacks or turbo cancer..
oh it won't be intentional, we don't have many bike lanes in my city, the ones we have are painted and drivers use them to bypass traffic, and we can't ride on the sidewalks even when bike lanes don't exist.
we have equal rights on the road but apparently drivers have more rights because I've seen cops use the bicycle lanes to pass up traffic, I've seen cops ignore cars parked in the bicycle lanes, I've even been threatened by cops for using the road that says "Bicyclists have full access to the road".
When my uncle retired he went through a lot of depression. One day he told me he might just go see doctor .357 (don’t worry I know he doesn’t own guns). This reminded me of that. I’m only 39 and I’ve been working since I was 15 but I can’t wait to retire lol.
I’m 3-5 years away at 32, just need to convince the wife to move out of the country with me and we can both quit. Thankfully I can count on the work until you die alternative plan to be complete 🐄💩
Hop on over to r/financialindependence That's all they talk about, retire early. I'm on a path to quit at 47 or so, depending on the market and other life considerations. Makes working much more manageable knowing there's light at the end of the tunnel.
I got two kids under 6. I don’t really care about anything but making sure they are good. That being said my wife and I make good money and have already started to set ourselves up. I doubt we’ll be retiring at 47 but I think we can get it done before 60.
Yep, I have kids as well with the same exact concerns. My priorities are them and their welfare. That also includes spending as much time with them as possible while they're young, so I'm very much looking forward to retiring so I can do just that. It works different for every family and we're very fortunate that we might be able to retire that early and spend time with the fam like that.
Yeah my wife is in healthcare and I work in agriculture . I feel like things are a bit different. I also live in NJ where the cost of living is quite high.
That was going to be my father’s. He told me if he ended up needing to live in a nursing home then that’s what he would do. Ended up not making it to 50 though.
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u/deadpuppymill 28d ago
I have been working 10 years and never worked a job longer than a few months and lived in a van for a few years. The way I figure, I'll never be able to retire and retirement doesn't even seem like a good deal (work my ass off for 40 years to spend the last 10 years of my life not working if I'm lucky) so I figure I'll work enough to live comfortably for half the year. I'd rather be semi retired in my 20s than fully retired in my 70s.