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indeed. you're totally allowed to retire whenever you want, and, on the flip side of that coin, you can continue to work long after your standard "retirement"
by noodle 18y ago
indeed. you're totally allowed to retire whenever you want, and, on the flip side of that coin, you can continue to work long after your standard "retirement" age.
work hard, save enough, and live off the interest. there's no timetable on that any more than what you put on it.
- amichail 18y agoSo why is it that most people retire much later than that?
- noodle 18y agoso you really can't think of any good reasons why people wouldn't want to work 80+ hour weeks to retire at 40?
- amichail 18y agoIs it the case that most people know just how much their brain will decline will age? If they did, I think most would consider early retirement appealing.
- noodle 18y agoand what exactly will you do once you retire early? find someone to marry? although the statistics are shifting, odds are a lot more slim at 40+ than if you had the time to look around earlier. play some sports? have some sex? hike the grand canyon? unlikely, as your body also deteriorates with age. if only you had the time to do some of that earlier. have kids? sperm count and quality drops drastically across your 30's. spend time with your friends? what friends? working the 80+ hour weeks means you probably didn't have much of a social life, and therefore don't keep many friends. it might be a good time to try to look for some, but most people in their 40's are now very busy with their own lives -- kids and bigger job titles means less free time. i could go on, but i feel you get my point. time is money, and older people would (and do attempt to) pay huge sums to regain their youth.
- jodrellblank 18y agoJust how much will it decline with age?
- anamax 18y agoOther folks pointed out that 40 is too late to do many things. I'll point out that most folks won't produce 2x as much working 80-100 hours/week as they do working 4-50 hours week.
- tjic 18y agoMost people are incapable (either by lack of talent or lack of drive or lack of comprehension) of generating enough value in a 20 year career to feed themselves for the next 50 years.
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