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post 1686756243 07-18-2023, 03:59 PM
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Message of early retirement/cheap living -- affront to worshippers of $$$

Every forum I've ever been to has people that get angry about early retirement and start trying to insult anyone doing it as being "poor" "lazy" "loser", etc, etc.

EVERY forum. Same argument from people claiming to be "rich" (probably just rich around the butthole).

And I know why!

The sorta "hippy" idea of "having enough" and chillin' with all your time is an affront to those who get their sense of being from wealth/possessions.

Their wealth and money is what they use to form their identity, confidence, accomplishment in life.

They begin to worship money.

I can now see why the Bible says the following:

"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Matthew 19:23-26
post 1686756673 07-18-2023, 04:08 PM
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post 1686756803 07-18-2023, 04:11 PM
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People with ambition don't compute people with no ambition
post 1686756863 07-18-2023, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Condo41⏩
People with ambition don't compute people with no ambition
Doing what you want in life and owning your time IS ambition. Being stuck in the rat race chasing material possession/status is slavery.
post 1686756943 07-18-2023, 04:15 PM
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fkn lmao when wagecels seethe at me not working and paying no tax

83k + 26k standard deduction paying 0 tax on up to 109k income yezzir.
What comes around comes around
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post 1686756983 07-18-2023, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted By imbored205⏩
yezzir.

fkn lmao when wagecels seethe at me not working and paying no tax

83k + 26k standard deduction paying 0 tax on up to 109k income yezzir.
mirin brother
post 1686757123 07-18-2023, 04:19 PM
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post 1686757163 07-18-2023, 04:20 PM
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post 1686757313 07-18-2023, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
My brother in law did the early retirement thing and lived frugally and retired at 59 but he’s bored now and looking to go back to work. Both for more money and for something to do. He could easily stay retired and have enough for a decent standard of living but he is bored.
The slave mentality is sometimes so deeply embedded into people that they have no purpose without a massa.

You seen what happened to the black dude on Shawshank Redemption, right? He crapped the bed with freedom.
post 1686757993 07-18-2023, 04:34 PM
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post 1686758073 07-18-2023, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
My brother in law did the early retirement thing and lived frugally and retired at 59 but he’s bored now and looking to go back to work. Both for more money and for something to do. He could easily stay retired and have enough for a decent standard of living but he is bored.
sounds like a late retirement for a hobbyless incel

Early retirement at the latest is at 50 years and that is pushing it.
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post 1686758203 07-18-2023, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
Don’t recall but yes my BIL doesn’t know what to do with himself without a schedule and productivity goals and tasks and meetings etc. I have suggested he could start his own consulting business etc but he is not an entrepreneur type at all. He likes the wagie structure imposed on him.
The man put in 55 years with the massa mentality (counting school years)...darn near impossible to change that programming now. He's a massa man for life...might be 85 limping into work.
post 1686758703 07-18-2023, 04:44 PM
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post 1686758823 07-18-2023, 04:46 PM
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post 1686761253 07-18-2023, 05:28 PM
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while i exercise bump
post 1686761673 07-18-2023, 05:34 PM
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then they get ill in their 60/70's and the hospital eats up all their wealth and assets b4 they go on the gubment system as they would if they had no money

JUST LOL!
post 1686761803 07-18-2023, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
The man put in 55 years with the massa mentality (counting school years)...darn near impossible to change that programming now. He's a massa man for life...might be 85 limping into work.
Early retirement is great, it's nice doing whatever you want while you're still able to do it. We don't know when the reaper will visit us, might as well make as much of your time as you can. I could see myself maybe getting a part time job a few days a week just to have something to do. But that's not even on my radar at this point.

It was nice getting away with my daughter and the grandkids last week at the condo.
post 1686762323 07-18-2023, 05:45 PM
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I could honestly retire now if I wanted to go back to living in dirt poor Kansas

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post 1686762653 07-18-2023, 05:51 PM
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Do you post about anything else? You are getting worse than the end is is nearing...prepare.
post 1686762863 07-18-2023, 05:55 PM
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Early retiree... $1k/mo is all I live on.

Some want to hustle for that dollar, that's all good if it makes one happy. That should be the point. Do what makes you happy.

Chasing the dollar no longer makes me happy. I'm happy with $1k/mo.
I'm not blessed with riches, but I am rich with blessings.
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post 1686762893 07-18-2023, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted By YeahDude24⏩
In on daily cope thread
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post 1686764003 07-18-2023, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted By Tuksonrider⏩
Early retiree... $1k/mo is all I live on.

Some want to hustle for that dollar, that's all good if it makes one happy. That should be the point. Do what makes you happy.

Chasing the dollar no longer makes me happy. I'm happy with $1k/mo.
Nice!
post 1686764053 07-18-2023, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted By badger6⏩
Early retirement is great, it's nice doing whatever you want while you're still able to do it. We don't know when the reaper will visit us, might as well make as much of your time as you can. I could see myself maybe getting a part time job a few days a week just to have something to do. But that's not even on my radar at this point.

It was nice getting away with my daughter and the grandkids last week at the condo.
Yeah, the option to do a little part time job to get a taste of working is always there if you need it.

Glad y'all had a nice vacation.
post 1686764623 07-18-2023, 06:30 PM
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MrMoneyMustache forums opie. Also bogleheads had a good forum. There's tons of FI/RE and ER blogs out there. Mustachians are my favorite tho since they largely stay away from politics and focus mostly on money. They run center tho.
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post 1686765193 07-18-2023, 06:46 PM
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post 1686765303 07-18-2023, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
He has a family to support so that’s why it took him longer.
OP does not support his family and barely has enough to support himself.
post 1686765373 07-18-2023, 06:51 PM
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I agree with your philosophy OP. But my question is.. why not strive for more? You clearly have enough $$ to be "free", but not enough to live a spectacular life. You just need to push your net worth to $5 - $10 million to get there. There are many ways to get there none of which involve wageslaving especially in your situation.
post 1686765923 07-18-2023, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted By Darkeen⏩
I agree with your philosophy OP. But my question is.. why not strive for more? You clearly have enough $$ to be "free", but not enough to live a spectacular life. You just need to push your net worth to $5 - $10 million to get there. There are many ways to get there none of which involve wageslaving especially in your situation.
I mean I'll keep doing whatever I can do within a few clicks when I wake up...if it doubles my money so be it I guess. But I really just think I'll live the same life I live now regardless of having more money or not. My life has essentially been one long long long summer vacation so far. At some point you sorta lose the concept of time.
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we are all brainwashed.

every single social norm has been spoon fed to us specifically designed to get max ROI.

We are living on a free range tax farm.

Not only do I believe that working for some company is good for me, and that I should be grateful for the opportunity, I get personally offended when other people do not.

Loyalty is a requirement.
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Originally Posted By -JR⏩
MrMoneyMustache forums opie. Also bogleheads had a good forum. There's tons of FI/RE and ER blogs out there. Mustachians are my favorite tho since they largely stay away from politics and focus mostly on money. They run center tho.
They used to at least. Haven’t been on in a while but after covid every other post was the similar “but trump” that has infected parts of this forum

Older posts still have good advice though
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