Hi all and happy new year to everyone!
I (30M) FIREd 2 years ago. I live in Eastern Europe and for personal security reasons I keep it a secret from the people around that I am retired. Only my closest family and some of my close friends know I retired, but also to my close friends I didn’t open to entirely, they simply just stop bothering asking me what do I do for a living.
However, whenever I meet someone new and they ask me what do I do for a living, I get all nervous and secretive and start “lying” that I do a consulting, and it bothers me a lot, because I feel like I can’t form strong friendships if I always need to pretend who I am and hide the fact that I retired.
For these reasons, I am thinking about investing into some business that does not require much of a personal management, but that can be something I can tell to people I do for a living.
Some ideas that I have are buying a big parking lot with many spots for a daily/hourly rental, a car wash, a flower shop, a laundromat, etc. I would be happy to hear input of you guys on ideas for a passively-managed jobs that I could present as my primary occupation, and also have as an additional source of income. Thank you!
I (30M) FIREd 2 years ago. I live in Eastern Europe and for personal security reasons I keep it a secret from the people around that I am retired. Only my closest family and some of my close friends know I retired, but also to my close friends I didn’t open to entirely, they simply just stop bothering asking me what do I do for a living.
However, whenever I meet someone new and they ask me what do I do for a living, I get all nervous and secretive and start “lying” that I do a consulting, and it bothers me a lot, because I feel like I can’t form strong friendships if I always need to pretend who I am and hide the fact that I retired.
For these reasons, I am thinking about investing into some business that does not require much of a personal management, but that can be something I can tell to people I do for a living.
Some ideas that I have are buying a big parking lot with many spots for a daily/hourly rental, a car wash, a flower shop, a laundromat, etc. I would be happy to hear input of you guys on ideas for a passively-managed jobs that I could present as my primary occupation, and also have as an additional source of income. Thank you!