I thought about this early on. I think there are two working definitions of retirement: 1) Financially Independent 2) Relaxing for the rest of your life becau

I thought about this early on. I think there are two working definitions of retirement: 1) Financially Independent 2) Relaxing for the rest of your life because of #1 I think in our community in particular, the concept of retirement really means "tinkering with side projects". We're "makers", none of us want to stop in the traditional sense of retirement, and I'm no different. For our community, the more meaningful part of the word is the financial independence. That was my reasoning when I phrased it that way. You can disagree with my semantics, but the bottom line is that I don't have to ever lift a finger and my bills get paid on time anyway.