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The business of busyness
Let’s face it, we live in a culture that glorifies busyness. The business of busyness. It’s as if being busy is a badge of honor that we wear with pride. We fill our schedules to the brim with meetings, appointments, and endless to-do lists. But why? Are we really accomplishing anything or are we just spinning our wheels?
Early retirement for Dummies
If you dream of early retirement so that you can live comfortably, go on vacation when the mood strikes, and spend more and more time with your loved ones without stress, I admire your courage and creativity. If these traits weren’t present, you wouldn’t be reading “Early Retirement for Dummies”. Without insightful guidance, unlimited encouragement, and just a little bit of courage, you could never achieve the life you desire to live.
I myself also took early retirement to fulfill those desires that I discussed above, so I can understand what you are feeling now. But early retirement is not for all. Some who retire early are proud of their decision, while others struggle and face challenges. In this article, “Early Retirement for Dummies”, I will share some tips for early retirement from my personal experience.
But before I dig in on the tips for retiring early, I want to let you know what early retirement means, who it is for, or who it is not for.
Continue reading “Early retirement for Dummies”Early retirement groupthink
I keep noticing a very annoyingly condescending attitude in the FIRE (financial independence/retire early) “community” towards people outside of it, the “normal” people. I think this is the consequence of early retirement groupthink.
What am I talking about?
Some of the symptoms of this problem are: mocking people that work full time, policing FIRE people that work on gigs or part-time projects, and idolizing people that reached FIRE.
Easterlin Paradox and Early Retirement
Throughout this post, I discuss the relationship between two concepts from the field of Economics(?): the Easterlin paradox and early retirement.
Early retirement is a controversial issue in economics and personal finance. I have written about it in an earlier post. Many Americans consider early retirement more than just a chance to have the most relaxing time of their lives. They can either succeed or drown at a crucial point in their lives from this point.
Easterlin paradox, on the other hand (or coincidently?), explores the relationship between income and happiness, or lack thereof.
