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re: Man retires at age 37
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:25 am to yellowfin
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:25 am to yellowfin
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I don't want to live off 10k while not working
damn son, your high maintenance
My Dad is about to retire. He has his garden, his woodworking shop, his property, his boat (freshwater), his grandkids, and he and my mom plan to take long road trips. Not a bad or boring life.
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Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:26 am to CAD703X
Wake up, go to coffee shop and have coffee with friends. Go home for lunch. Go play cards at bar with friends. Go home and cook supper. Watch the news. Travel whenever you want. Occasionally cook meals for large parties (political gatherings and such). Go to horse races.
Sounds like a pretty good gig to me.
Sounds like a pretty good gig to me.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:26 am to LNCHBOX
yeah i agree, this thread is split into 2 topics
1. if you had unlimited income and didnt have to work, would you just stay home & play with your kids at 37?
2. is work necessary to lead a fulfilling life or could you be as fulfilled spending every day tooling around the house or traveling or just obsessing with hobbies
1. if you had unlimited income and didnt have to work, would you just stay home & play with your kids at 37?
2. is work necessary to lead a fulfilling life or could you be as fulfilled spending every day tooling around the house or traveling or just obsessing with hobbies
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:27 am to CajunInFL
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I couldn't imagine not doing anything with my life.
What do you do for a living that is so fulfilling? Most of us work for other people and only do so to collect a pay check. The guy was a lawyer for the NYC Taxi Commission - he wasn't a fishing boat captain or anything else I would consider enjoyable.
If I were him I would still take the odd case or do pro bono work to stay sharp, but to say he's not "doing anything with his life" is pretty inaccurate.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:27 am to Salmon
quote:
damn son, your high maintenance
My Dad is about to retire. He has his garden, his woodworking shop, his property, his boat (freshwater), his grandkids, and he and my mom plan to take long road trips. Not a bad or boring life.
Seriously. $10k is a boatload of money to spend in a month IMO. Unless you want to be doing offshore trips every day, I don't see how you spend it.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:28 am to CAD703X
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1. if you had unlimited income and didnt have to work, would you just stay home & play with your kids at 37?
yes and I would enjoy the hell out of it
quote:
2. is work necessary to lead a fulfilling life or could you be as fulfilled spending every day tooling around the house or traveling or just obsessing with hobbies
definitely the latter
I feel like the people that have to have work are just boring people...
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:28 am to Salmon
My dad did retire
They're now paying him 2k a day as a consultant to come back
They're now paying him 2k a day as a consultant to come back
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:29 am to yellowfin
Does he need a sidekick?
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:31 am to yellowfin
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They're now paying him 2k a day as a consultant to come back
yeah my old boss was the same
he "retired" but they still paid him to stay around because of all his client contacts and relationships
he would leave his giant house on Toledo Bend about once a week to take some clients out to lunch or dinner
not such a bad life either
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:32 am to LNCHBOX
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Seriously. $10k is a boatload of money to spend in a month IMO.
didnt you just get married?
try living a 'normal' life with 2-3 vehicles, private school for all your kids, big house/mortgage and utility bills.
if you eat out, buy alcohol or wine, travel with the SO once or twice or month or with the kids..
it goes fast..
This post was edited on 5/5/14 at 10:33 am
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:32 am to LNCHBOX
quote:
Seriously. $10k is a boatload of money to spend in a month IMO. Unless you want to be doing offshore trips every day, I don't see how you spend it.
I had the day off Saturday:
$150 at golf course after green fees, cart, beer, etc
$70 lunch(paid for me and friend)
Lost $200 on derby
Probably burned half a tank of diesel $50
Multiply that times 30 days in a month.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:33 am to CAD703X
quote:
i can't say i wouldnt enjoy having 2-3 uniterrupted hours every day to do this, but there's still alot of day to be covered.
playing/recording music
lifting weights
woodworking
beer brewing
cooking
hunting
landscaping
gardening
traveling
adrenaline rush hobbies
Yea, I think I can find stuff to do to occupy my time.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:34 am to Chaplain
He and his wife were both Lawyers. Should have retired at 30.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:34 am to dnm3305
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Yea, I think I can find stuff to do to occupy my time.
do that every single day.
i love filet mignon. however it would get old fast if i made it every single day.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:34 am to kywildcatfanone
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He and his wife were both Lawyers. Should have retired at 30.
OT layin' some judgement down
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:35 am to jimbeam
quote:
Does he need a sidekick?
If he does I'm taking it
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:35 am to CAD703X
quote:
didnt you just get married?
try living a 'normal' life with 2-3 vehicles, private school for all your kids, big house/mortgage and utility bills.
if you eat out, buy alcohol or wine, travel with the SO once or twice or month or with the kids..
it goes fast..
$10k after tax is a boatload of money no matter how you want to slice it. We have two vehicles, a house, some student debt, retirement accounts, and other odds and ends on not even half that.
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:36 am to Salmon
quote:
My Dad is about to retire.
he is probably in his 60's though
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:36 am to CAD703X
quote:
do that every single day.
i love filet mignon. however it would get old fast if i made it every single day.
I do basically the same thing everyday at work
so I don't see how doing things that I actually enjoy everyday would be worse than doing something that I don't always enjoy doing everyday...
Posted on 5/5/14 at 10:36 am to CAD703X
How can you idolize Buffet and retire at 37? Buffet works as hard now as he ever has. I have no idea why people are so obsessed with doing nothing.
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