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Does not having a corporate or regular 9-5 job mean retiring?

• doorhammer 14y ago
  "According to me, retirement means you no longer have to work for money. You then proceed to do whatever you like, without regard for whether or not it earns you money."
• citricsquid 14y ago
  According to me, retirement means you no longer have to work for money. You then proceed to do whatever you like, without regard for whether or not it earns you money. You could be retired and have a 9 - 5, as long as you're doing it for fun and not the money, according to MMM's definition.
• mahyarm 14y ago
  You really have to replace the word 'retiring' with financially independent. MMM can stop working if he wanted to with no ill effects.
• deleted 14y ago
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• doorhammer 14y ago
  I think I'd like to get to the point of being able to retire, but not necessarily to stop working (though being able to be more flexible would be nice). For me, I think my satisfaction with life jumps dramatically the more I feel like I have control (shocking, I know). I got laid off a few years ago an had two months severance. I floated on it, but I think I did more coding and reading, and generally had more productive time than when I was at work. I'm by no means in the MMM league, but I've had jobs where I couldn't quit if I wanted to, and I hate that. The psychological freedom that comes from knowing I could up and quit if I needed to, even on principle, is so much more satisfying to me than what I could buy with the money I save. I can imagine knowing I could up and quit... forever.. would be pretty awesome.