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Lets be fair, I'm 28 y/o, and fairly rich, I love to work, and I live to work, and maybe it's the only thing I may do ever in my life. I could sell all of my b

Lets be fair, I'm 28 y/o, and fairly rich, I love to work, and I live to work, and maybe it's the only thing I may do ever in my life. I could sell all of my bussiness, I could lease the buildings, and retire. But doing nothing is the hardest work I've ever do. I took a sabatic year after I graduated from college, traveled around the world, fucked some really beautiful girls, and after livining a dream-life, my life became quite frustrating. This guy wont last too long retired, because, after all, he will just grow tired of playing golf, and doing nothing.

citricsquid 13y ago
1. He said that he doesn't consider retirement to mean no longer working, he considers retirement to be a lack of reliance on work to live. He has the option to never work again. 2. He (MMM) is 39 now, he's been retired for almost a decade. The article addresses "doing nothing", he does lots of things.
- sebastianavina 13y ago
  I born on a middle class family. From the day I born, I already had a pretty decent way of life. Started developing web pages just for fun, took control of the family bussiness at a very early age, and today I'm what most people could call a rich guy, way more up on the social ladder than 10 years ago. Retiring as this guy has been an option since the day I born, I just born in a "goldend cradle". When I graduated from College / Grad School (I'm from Mexico, things work somewhat different here), I had been developing web pages and software for about 9 years, and I was tired of dealing with customers, providers, and programming at all. I tried very hard to retire. I traveled around the world, meet some wonderful people, then I returned to my home town, played tennis, frontenis, golf, I went party all night every day I could. And it was one of the most tedious works I've ever done. After about 15 months, I was tired of my "great life", and I started working on the family bussiness. It's been the best thing on my life. I'm still single (almost 29 right now), I've already purchased my own house, the company is growing every day more, I feel so happy I can't even explain it. I could sell all the machinery, lease the buildings, and go back to doing nothing, but, really, working, is one of the biggest pleasures of life. EDIT: On your definition "retirement to be a lack of reliance on work to live." I've been retired since the day I born.
doorhammer 13y ago
"I really like Great American road trips, where we bring tents and mountain bikes and stay in a bunch of beautiful places, riding the wilderness trails in each. In big cities, we’ll still get a hotel in a nice spot and bike around to explore the city, but the real joy for me comes whenever I get a chance to put some effort into the vacation — either physical or mental, like figuring out how to make blackened fish tacos on a camp stove." I think he probably does more than play golf and do nothing
consz 13y ago
Please read the article before posting next time.
twelvechairs 13y ago
Hey mate - not everyone has to be like you you know.... Enjoy your own successes and whatever makes you happy, but don't take the success of others away just because they take joy in different things to yourself.
- encoderer 13y ago
  Ok, I didn't love the GPs attitude but what you're criticizing him for is basically exactly what MMM did throughout this bio.
carbocation 13y ago
> fucked some really beautiful girls I downvoted you for this crass sexist drivel that drags down the level of discourse.
- guylhem 13y ago
  If it was about guys, written by a female poster, would you have downvoted it too ? If it was about guys, written by a make poster, would you have downvoted it too ? Where exactly is the crass sexist drivel ? the "fuck" word ? Upvoted both you guys to compensate. Context is important. Here the poster only said he was intimate with members of the oppositive sex, who were attractive. Nonthing crass, just fact contributing to the discussions and saying why he recommends against that.
  - gknoy 13y ago
    The crassness is, I presume, in the fact that he even mentioned it. He might have used different verbs: met, spent time with, dated. I'm not sure _why_ that's impolite to speak of, but it certainly seems to be that way in most peoples' books.
- lucaspiller 13y ago
  ++ Also it sounds like he leads a pretty lonely life IMO, and he sounds like he has some ego issues. If he is truly happy though, fair play, but I don't really believe that is the case...
epo 13y ago
Pix or GTFO. You're a fantasist wannabe moron, go away.

citricsquid 13y ago

1. He said that he doesn't consider retirement to mean no longer working, he considers retirement to be a lack of reliance on work to live. He has the option to never work again. 2. He (MMM) is 39 now, he's been retired for almost a decade. The article addresses "doing nothing", he does lots of things.

sebastianavina 13y ago
I born on a middle class family. From the day I born, I already had a pretty decent way of life. Started developing web pages just for fun, took control of the family bussiness at a very early age, and today I'm what most people could call a rich guy, way more up on the social ladder than 10 years ago. Retiring as this guy has been an option since the day I born, I just born in a "goldend cradle". When I graduated from College / Grad School (I'm from Mexico, things work somewhat different here), I had been developing web pages and software for about 9 years, and I was tired of dealing with customers, providers, and programming at all. I tried very hard to retire. I traveled around the world, meet some wonderful people, then I returned to my home town, played tennis, frontenis, golf, I went party all night every day I could. And it was one of the most tedious works I've ever done. After about 15 months, I was tired of my "great life", and I started working on the family bussiness. It's been the best thing on my life. I'm still single (almost 29 right now), I've already purchased my own house, the company is growing every day more, I feel so happy I can't even explain it. I could sell all the machinery, lease the buildings, and go back to doing nothing, but, really, working, is one of the biggest pleasures of life. EDIT: On your definition "retirement to be a lack of reliance on work to live." I've been retired since the day I born.

doorhammer 13y ago

"I really like Great American road trips, where we bring tents and mountain bikes and stay in a bunch of beautiful places, riding the wilderness trails in each. In big cities, we’ll still get a hotel in a nice spot and bike around to explore the city, but the real joy for me comes whenever I get a chance to put some effort into the vacation — either physical or mental, like figuring out how to make blackened fish tacos on a camp stove." I think he probably does more than play golf and do nothing

consz 13y ago

Please read the article before posting next time.

twelvechairs 13y ago

Hey mate - not everyone has to be like you you know.... Enjoy your own successes and whatever makes you happy, but don't take the success of others away just because they take joy in different things to yourself.

encoderer 13y ago
Ok, I didn't love the GPs attitude but what you're criticizing him for is basically exactly what MMM did throughout this bio.

carbocation 13y ago

> fucked some really beautiful girls I downvoted you for this crass sexist drivel that drags down the level of discourse.

guylhem 13y ago
If it was about guys, written by a female poster, would you have downvoted it too ? If it was about guys, written by a make poster, would you have downvoted it too ? Where exactly is the crass sexist drivel ? the "fuck" word ? Upvoted both you guys to compensate. Context is important. Here the poster only said he was intimate with members of the oppositive sex, who were attractive. Nonthing crass, just fact contributing to the discussions and saying why he recommends against that.
- gknoy 13y ago
  The crassness is, I presume, in the fact that he even mentioned it. He might have used different verbs: met, spent time with, dated. I'm not sure _why_ that's impolite to speak of, but it certainly seems to be that way in most peoples' books.
lucaspiller 13y ago
++ Also it sounds like he leads a pretty lonely life IMO, and he sounds like he has some ego issues. If he is truly happy though, fair play, but I don't really believe that is the case...

epo 13y ago

Pix or GTFO. You're a fantasist wannabe moron, go away.