My take was that he followed his own advice and did successfully "retire" without any of the blogging or brand income. Then his blog took off, and he started pu

My take was that he followed his own advice and did successfully "retire" without any of the blogging or brand income. Then his blog took off, and he started pulling a lot more money and getting quite famous. He definitely has enough money to retire forever, but chooses to keep running the blog and doing interviews because he enjoys it, and it's something to do.