Not sure where to post this, it's a good read.
How to Retire in Your 30s With $1m in the Bank
Apologize if this has been posted here before.
How to Retire in Your 30s With $1m in the Bank
Apologize if this has been posted here before.
Right. They are doing what our moms and dads did last generation. Somehow, that's weird now.These articles would be much more interesting to me if they all didn't end with and then they wrote a blog or partner still works.
Look around you. What do your neighbors likely have in common? They are probably all working, head-down, with minimal self-reflection on whether that lifestyle choices maximize their lifetime happiness. Few people sit down and redesign their life. Instead, if they get a raise, they buy a more expensive car. This article is highlighting the other option, even outlining the different approaches that people take to consumption (Fat FIRE, Lean FIRE, etc).So these articles many just make me smile because money aside I'm not sure who they are trying to reach.
I have 3 sons and while they are great kids, I want them to experience many things and yes one of them is a successful career. Now my kids are not "high pressure" wall street or IT execs, so at 30 they are going to be at the beginning of their careers.
When I was 30 I had just been working for 5 years so really hard to say I would have been "burned out".
Next, I hung out on Mr. Mustaches website for a while and sorry that is not the life style I want nor is it the one I want for my kids. I'm not knocking it, I'm just saying that is not enjoyable to me.
Some times the journey is as important as the end game.
The 'burned out' made me LOL too... It's called LIFE and WORK...
A few weeks ago, we had a kid only 8 years old, sitting playing games on his iPad while the adults were having dinner yelling at me... THE WiFi IS SOOO SLOW HERE!!. Few things wrong w that statement from little Mr 8-year-old sitting on the couch, but don't get me started on that...
Anyway, really?? I feel like an old person, but really? Slow WiFi, burned out... aaaa, please!!!
Well that was mostly a waste of time, but this part made me chuckle:
“Followers of FIRE tend to be male and work in the tech industry, left-brained engineer-types who geek out on calculating compound interest over 40 years, or the return on investment (R.O.I.) on low-fee index funds versus real estate rentals.”
Glad they didn’t mention this site and I think the ER age here skews higher than the one profiled in the NYT piece.
Exactly! This family is not retired.Why are men who stay home with kids while the wife works called "Early Retired " and when women do the same they are stay at home Mom's?
Look around you. What do your neighbors likely have in common? They are probably all working, head-down, with minimal self-reflection on whether that lifestyle choices maximize their lifetime happiness. Few people sit down and redesign their life. Instead, if they get a raise, they buy a more expensive car. This article is highlighting the other option, even outlining the different approaches that people take to consumption (Fat FIRE, Lean FIRE, etc).
It's surprising that someone with 1k posts on an early retirement forum doesn't understand the audience for an article about early retirement. How did you find this website?
Why are men who stay home with kids while the wife works called "Early Retired " and when women do the same they are stay at home Mom's?
Huston55 said:Agree that the NYT article is pretty lame. But, you must admit that the responses on this thread are....well, right on the edge of saying, “I walked to my FIRE every day, through the snow & uphill both ways!” [emoji57]
My guess is that it is because men typically have more sensitive egos.Why are men who stay home with kids while the wife works called "Early Retired " and when women do the same they are stay at home Mom's?
Agree that the NYT article is pretty lame. But, you must admit that the responses on this thread are....well, right on the edge of saying, “I walked to my FIRE every day, through the snow & uphill both ways!”