Uh oh, hope he started working because he was tired of RE and didn't fall out of FI. Hard to tell from his post since it is convoluted. Either way, good luck Jacob.
Hey, when you are selling something, you have to stay on message. Anyone who takes any of these things at face value is not quite hitting on all cylindars.Either way, He was pretty gung-ho in how great the not working thing was as a concept to subscribe to. And then.. , as noted before, the big "never-mind".
That's all fine by me, but obviously he's had some thoughts from time to time of life other than ERE and "making one's own entertainment" and never really talked about them in the blog (that i can recall). Seems a little disingenuous.
Nevertheless, If you're reading jacob, hope the new job is fun and thanks for some interesting ERE posts.
Has life changed all that much over a century? Do we need to be more distrustful now than our grandparents? I'm doubtful. Not about now, but then.Hey, when you are selling something, you have to stay on message. Anyone who takes any of these things at face value is not quite hitting on all cylindars.
One of the fundamentals of undertstanding modern life is that anyone who has anything to gain by misleading you, will.
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For me, I think it will be the latter: simply not having to deal with the corporate grind every day and keep selling my soul to an increasingly stressful, increasingly exploitative business world.So let’s generalize this and say that retirement without doing what excites you is not a good retirement. What we actually need to understand here is the different perceptions of retirement: To some retirement means sitting in Florida and staring at a wall, to others it’s hang gliding in Tahiti, and to some it simply means not having to work. I’ve discussed how different generations perceive the “retirement”-concept in my podcast interviews.
Hence, what the site is really about is not “retirement” but financial independence.
+1.Jacob seems to me much more like a guy that puts his full drive and energy into something, then loses interest as the challenges subside. I don't think he was ever much of a salesman.
The guy did good work, much of it spot on. He wants to do something new. I think that's great. Certain pursuits require taking a job to gain access to the resources that make it the most fun. He has the courage to change his path so he can pursue the life he wants. That's awesome.
Best of luck Jacob.
I also classify our grandparents as living modern lives. And in any case, my intention was to put a limit around the word "life", such that I might know at least a little about what I am trying to describe, rather than to contrast today with all other historical times.Has life changed all that much over a century? Do we need to be more distrustful now than our grandparents? I'm doubtful. Not about now, but then.
I think the truth varies based on the individual. No lie...The truth is financial independence, not early retirement.
I admit I read the ERE blog only a couple of times (including the "how I made my own rake" post), but I did have fun imagining his life in a kind of sit-com way (especially after reading what his spouse posted, when I imagined her begging for a restaurant dinner just this once, and please please let her enjoy a glass of wine once in while, and the 55 degree limit on the furnace thermostat). He could pitch this "supersmart guy drops out" based on his blog to Hollywood--it would make a great movie, seriously.