gwix98 said:
I'll revive an old thread with an update.
We've mentioned Darrow Kirkpatrick's blog in a couple other threads:
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/inflation-shminflation-61994.html
http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f28/retirement-logic-diagram-63028.html
... and he was just profiled on Yahoo! Finance:
How to Retire by 50 - Yahoo! Finance , including a video with stunning vistas of his local trails & views.
He says the Yahoo! article and 4:37 of video required about six hours of interviewing/filming. Farnoosh Torabi [-]parachuted[/-] jetted in separately for her two-hour contribution and then flew out again while the rest of the crew finished up. I often wonder if celebrities like that ever reflect on the differences between the jetset (literally) life they're leading and the life of an early retiree. Or maybe they don't see the comparison as relevant. But Darrow says she's actually extremely nice, very unpretentious, and (from reading her books) a hard worker who started out frugally like the rest of us.
But the thoughts that resonate most strongly with me are in Darrow's latest guest post on MrMoneyMustache.com:
Guest Post: Why You’ll Become Busier After Retirement | Mr. Money Mustache
btbw2380 said:Agreed the principles are excellent but standard stuff written a thousand times before. I don't see how someone calls himself early retired though when his wife is a full time teacher with no doubt excellent benefits. There are countless families with one wage earner; is the stay at home mom/dad raising a family "retired"?
Agreed the principles are excellent but standard stuff written a thousand times before. I don't see how someone calls himself early retired though when his wife is a full time teacher with no doubt excellent benefits. There are countless families with one wage earner; is the stay at home mom/dad raising a family "retired"?
This blog proves once again, if that were needed, that advice is cheap and it will be offered by anyone with or without any standing to offer it.
I will say that this would never have happened two generations ago. My father would have had nothing but scorn for advice givers, and my grandfather wouldn't even have had that.
People must have become very unsure of their ability to navigate their own paths, as advice seems to be one of the few growth industries left in America.
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I am not sure about this. IF someone gives advice based on "been there, done that", he should be there and do that. Which he is not doing.The advice is good and I don't think there should be any ER police,
I am not sure about this. IF someone gives advice based on "been there, done that", he should be there and do that. Which he is not doing.
My motto is to not trust money advice from someone who is not a fiducuary and thus to some extent financially on the hook, or alternatively is a completely non-commercial source and who it can be ascertained is in fact what he says he is. This last one is a hurdle that few can meet.
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..... is the stay at home mom/dad raising a family "retired"?