I am 39 years old- why the heck am I thinking about the new retirement: not retiring?
3 reasons
- You are asking for it- it’s on your mind
- We just talked about it in Thou Shall Prosper
- Whether you want to retire or not- you must decide and act today- or you will have no choice
Episode Summary: New Retirement: Not Retiring
3 lies of retirement
- Work has no value in and of itself
- People become less productive as they age
- People are consumers- not creators
Challenges of retiring early?
- Financial
- When to take social security
- When to take retirement
- Not be able to afford your bucket list
- Non financial
- What do you do with all the time/Do you have enough hobbies?
- Social outlet
- Confidence- explaining to other why you no longer work
- Miss the work stress
- No reliable indicator of usefulness
- Hard to go back
- Health
- Selfish- turns the focus on you
- Lost productivity
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[shareable cite=”Christopher McDougall”]Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.[/shareable]
