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I can admire the philosophy of funemployment, but I wonder if it's a life-stage thing. What I mean is that it seems like you have to first do all the opposite

I can admire the philosophy of funemployment, but I wonder if it's a life-stage thing. What I mean is that it seems like you have to first do all the opposite things to achieve the freedom to be funemployed. My son is a teenager and is naturally funemployed. I admire his ability to avoid the responsibility and work-drive that weighs me down. But if I let him continue, will he not end up unemployed rather than have the ability to be funemployed? How do you strike the right balance?

graeme 12y ago
Good question. I'm 28, turning 29 in a month. I start business 3.5 years ago. I'm now at the point where I expect to make about $50,000 in residual revenue this year + maybe $20,000 active revenue. I might make more, but that's my minimum estimate. I'm at the point where I could put things in maintenance mode, and keep the residual income around $50,000 without much work. 2.5 years (the first ones) were a grueling struggle. The past year things paid off, and I'm in easy mode. My biggest regret is that I did not discover how to do this at age 18 (or earlier). To have your whole 20s free is a gift that few get to enjoy. I've just had a couple years of mostly freedom and I love every day of it. I don't know if the terrible struggle I had at the start was necessary. I'm not even sure if I could have done it while with my parents. Failing meant getting a job, so I focussed on revenue from the start. If I had an out, I might not have been so focussed. Your son won't end up unemployed. But he'll probably end up employed. Whereas a brief spurt of work can fund fundemployment for life, if you set up the right systems. But you have to want it. You can't make him want it. All you can do is show him what life is like for most, and describe the alternative and what he can do to get it, if he wants it.

graeme 12y ago

Good question. I'm 28, turning 29 in a month. I start business 3.5 years ago. I'm now at the point where I expect to make about $50,000 in residual revenue this year + maybe $20,000 active revenue. I might make more, but that's my minimum estimate. I'm at the point where I could put things in maintenance mode, and keep the residual income around $50,000 without much work. 2.5 years (the first ones) were a grueling struggle. The past year things paid off, and I'm in easy mode. My biggest regret is that I did not discover how to do this at age 18 (or earlier). To have your whole 20s free is a gift that few get to enjoy. I've just had a couple years of mostly freedom and I love every day of it. I don't know if the terrible struggle I had at the start was necessary. I'm not even sure if I could have done it while with my parents. Failing meant getting a job, so I focussed on revenue from the start. If I had an out, I might not have been so focussed. Your son won't end up unemployed. But he'll probably end up employed. Whereas a brief spurt of work can fund fundemployment for life, if you set up the right systems. But you have to want it. You can't make him want it. All you can do is show him what life is like for most, and describe the alternative and what he can do to get it, if he wants it.