Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)
by bronco21016 on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:28PM
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Yet going on the FIRE or fatFIRE (financial independence, retire early) forums you encounter countless examples of people who achieve early retirement and lose their minds. They’re bored because they worked so hard and no longer know what to do with themselves. They didn’t spend any time developing other interests or hobbies because they were engrossed in chasing the paycheck. Some are so engrossed in chasing the money that they don’t even stop to consider what they MIGHT do if they retire early.
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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)
by sacred_numbers on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:37PM
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I think that might be confirmation bias. The people who happily retire and have the freedom to do whatever they want are less likely to talk about it on a forum; they'll just go live their lives. Conversely, if a person banks all of their happiness on retiring early and then is unhappy they are more likely to talk about it on a forum. It's a similar phenomenon to the prevalence of negative reviews outweighing positive reviews.
I rarely seem to see that on the FIRE forums. It seems like 99% of people on those forums are trying to achieve FIRE, and very little discussion about those who have.
Having spent much time there I've encountered plenty of people who haven't been bored in retirement.
That's the beauty of being FI anyways, if you want to work then work. If you don't want to work then don't work. Simple as that.
Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @04:02PM
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Here's an option: keep working, but without any of the stress associated with needing to work.
This isn't rocket science, workaholics.