"Unemployed" or "Retired" Status

[retiredunder50]

When I retired early, it was a few years past the low point of the recession and the economy was still filled with horror stories. Initially, I was telling my friends and family that I was retired and it seemed to trigger too many angry "what are you nuts" and "you have to work" and "you still have 3 children at home" responses. They couldn't appreciate the concept of planning, saving, investing and sacrificing to be financially independent. For the next few years I decided to say "I'm in between jobs", which seemed to cut out the negativity. I'm back to calling myself retired.

 

[freedomatlast]

I decided when I finally cut the cord, I will be a 'Personal Portfolio Manager'

 

[Walt34]

I enjoy teaching people how to surf because it makes me a better surfer...

I had a neighbor, retired from HP, who told me "If you want to learn something well, teach it. They will ask you questions you'd have never thought of otherwise, and then you have to find the answer." When I was teaching computer forensics I found out he was right, and I learned a lot more than I would have otherwise. That was some fun times.

Evidently the same principles apply to surfing...

 

[GravitySucks]

I decided when I finally cut the cord, I will be a 'Personal Portfolio Manager'

^^^ This.

Also like to use Alfred Doolittle's monologue that I am one of the Undeserving Poor.