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post 1642680343 07-12-2021, 11:55 AM
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How to be free of the 9-5 rat race

Anyone know?
post 1642680423 07-12-2021, 11:55 AM
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post 1642680963 07-12-2021, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted By multiplemiggs⏩
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The path to enlightenment
post 1642681013 07-12-2021, 12:02 PM
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post 1642681203 07-12-2021, 12:05 PM
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post 1642681303 07-12-2021, 12:06 PM
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post 1642681653 07-12-2021, 12:11 PM
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Stop buying stuff to cope with the situation you're in.
Start to learn a skill that is in demand. (Bonus if it can be done remotely/freelance.)
Cut your expenses as much as possible.
Sell junk you don't use/need.
Cut expenses even more.
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post 1642681803 07-12-2021, 12:13 PM
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What do you want, to work the night shift? Be on call 24-7 for operations and facility maintenance, work odd hours so you can't enjoy regular activities that require having a normal schedule?
post 1642682583 07-12-2021, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
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Originally Posted By Inavan⏩
Stop buying stuff to cope with the situation you're in.
Start to learn a skill that is in demand. (Bonus if it can be done remotely/freelance.)
Cut your expenses as much as possible.
Sell junk you don't use/need.
Cut expenses even more.
I've been cutting expenses, might sell some junk soon possibly
Trying to figure out a skill to choose
Originally Posted By ZeroPercentTip⏩
What do you want, to work the night shift? Be on call 24-7 for operations and facility maintenance, work odd hours so you can't enjoy regular activities that require having a normal schedule?
Not really

That's not the only alternative btw
post 1642683043 07-12-2021, 12:28 PM
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Figure out how much money you need to live the lifestyle you want and then earn exactly that much money. If I didn't have a wife and kids I could get by on $30k/year easy, could make that working 2 days a week as a consultant or something similar.

I assume you're a grown man since you're posting on the misc so the only thing keeping you in the rat race is yourself.
post 1642683763 07-12-2021, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted By soaponarope1⏩
Figure out how much money you need to live the lifestyle you want and then earn exactly that much money. If I didn't have a wife and kids I could get by on $30k/year easy, could make that working 2 days a week as a consultant or something similar.

I assume you're a grown man since you're posting on the misc so the only thing keeping you in the rat race is yourself.
I don't need much, 30k is in the ballpark of my minimum living expenses


I already exited the rat race, just trying to figure out how to stay out successfully
post 1642684103 07-12-2021, 12:41 PM
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Write a book about how to be free of the 9-5 rat race.

Call it the 3 hour workweek.
post 1642684293 07-12-2021, 12:43 PM
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Find a job that isn’t a 9-5 rat race and work towards getting that job??

If your goal was to not have a 9-5 rat race you should not have gotten that job to begin with.
post 1642684363 07-12-2021, 12:44 PM
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post 1642684723 07-12-2021, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
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post 1642685173 07-12-2021, 12:54 PM
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I would love to just go buy some land out in the country and have my own ranch. Unfortunately, that won’t provide much for retirement when I’m 60+, or allow for the adventures I would like to go on before and after then.

So it’s grinding away until I have enough where my investments provide more in passive income than where I’m at now in salary.
post 1642686353 07-12-2021, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I would love to just go buy some land out in the country and have my own ranch. Unfortunately, that won’t provide much for retirement when I’m 60+, or allow for the adventures I would like to go on before and after then.

So it’s grinding away until I have enough where my investments provide more in passive income than where I’m at now in salary.
Why not just live the way you want to and do what you want to do now?

Yolo
post 1642686603 07-12-2021, 01:10 PM
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invest your money until you have enough passive income to sustain your lifestyle. Cut down your desires until you have a lifestyle that is more affordable, possibly in a low cost of living nation if needed (srs)

Babyslayer (George Leeman) has been living in Southeast Asia off rental income from his properties in Florida for like 5 years now
post 1642686943 07-12-2021, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted By Sophus⏩
Why not just live the way you want to and do what you want to do now?

Yolo
Because like I said, that won’t allow me the means to retire with the amount of money that I need to sustain myself during retirement. I’d rather not be dependent upon social security and Medicare in my senior years.
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Originally Posted By SouthDakotaBrah⏩
invest your money until you have enough passive income to sustain your lifestyle. Cut down your desires until you have a lifestyle that is more affordable, possibly in a low cost of living nation if needed (srs)

Babyslayer (George Leeman) has been living in Southeast Asia off rental income from his properties in Florida for like 5 years now
I don't have enough funds to invest currently, otherwise I would

Considered living in Thailand or somewhere because it's so cheap srs but I'd rather stay here
post 1642687913 07-12-2021, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted By SouthDakotaBrah⏩
invest your money until you have enough passive income to sustain your lifestyle. Cut down your desires until you have a lifestyle that is more affordable, possibly in a low cost of living nation if needed (srs)

Babyslayer (George Leeman) has been living in Southeast Asia off rental income from his properties in Florida for like 5 years now
This. I honestly think anyone can be retired and out of the 'rat race' by 30 years old or so if that's what they want. The thing is it would require minimalism, investing and work from the time they are about 18-20 until 30. I'm not talking 40 a week. I'm talking grinding with a priority on acquiring assets and investments.




Judging from the last 10 years of my life/investing it really only requires about 10 years of hustle/investing to retire or at least partially retire.
post 1642688123 07-12-2021, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted By demfeelsbro⏩
Write a book about how to be free of the 9-5 rat race.

Call it the 3 hour workweek.
Write a book about how to be free of the 3 hour/week rat race

Call it the 350 minute workweek
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