Delawaredave5
Full time employment: Posting here.
- Joined
- Dec 22, 2004
- Messages
- 699
The guy's writing doesn't appeal to me - so it doesn't surprise me he couldn't make it as a freelance writer.
Sounds like he "followed his dreams" and had some great experiences in his 50's - more than he would have w*rking - so that was a great "reward" - and he gambled stable work for it - his choice - we just can't tell if it was a good choice.
We have no idea whether or not he was prepared for ER at 53 - he rambles about inflation, dilution of pension, escalation of medical costs, etc - but I didn't see anything about his savings/401K at retirement. We have no idea what % is pension was of his spending rate.
Maybe the intent of the article wasn't facts - instead the plight of the working poor - which is important - but I don't want read about it through his "upper crust" New Yorker Magazine style prose....
Sounds like he "followed his dreams" and had some great experiences in his 50's - more than he would have w*rking - so that was a great "reward" - and he gambled stable work for it - his choice - we just can't tell if it was a good choice.
We have no idea whether or not he was prepared for ER at 53 - he rambles about inflation, dilution of pension, escalation of medical costs, etc - but I didn't see anything about his savings/401K at retirement. We have no idea what % is pension was of his spending rate.
Maybe the intent of the article wasn't facts - instead the plight of the working poor - which is important - but I don't want read about it through his "upper crust" New Yorker Magazine style prose....