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Re:Ask HN: People who cashed out early and stopped working: ... by robcohen on Friday October 08, 2021 @10:02AM (#28799400)
I literally did this too. Moved to Austin, TX and bought a farm after I quit my last full-time job. Went back to school to get an associates in construction management instead of actually learning the job (sounds like I should've gone your route). Anyway, graduating this semester then working full time to build up the raw land and get animals to keep my ag-exemption. Long-term I'd want to hire a farm-hand to keep everything going day-to-day so I can travel.

I've sort of conned myself into thinking I could start some solo projects on my own in the past 6 months, but it just hasn't happened due to classes and a myriad of distractions. Recently I've been beating myself up a bit for it, but I know that isn't productive. Once I solve a few ongoing projects in my life and I get things moving a bit faster for the farm I'll start keeping to a strict schedule of farming from 6-9am, then going to my coworkspace and code until maybe 3pm, then work out, then either socialize/read or go to a local hackerspace and work on side-projects.

Medium/long term it's important to me to not just live off of my savings and to generate enough value (not off investments) to maintain my quality of life.

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