Retiring very early... at 35-45.
Discussion
- Has anyone sacrificed their life to get into a position where they can retire very early in life? mid 30s to mid 40s?
- Is anyone currently in the process of doing so?
- Has anyone had to abandon their plans to retire early due to wife / kids etc.
Interested to heard everyones opinions and experiences.
Im of the impinion that unless you have the money to do the whole international playboy thing then its not as clever as it sounds. I gave up work 3 years ago at 46 as a result of various things going on in my life at the time. House is paid for and Im by no means skint but im also bored s
tless so im now on the hunt for something to do albeit part time preferably.
tless so im now on the hunt for something to do albeit part time preferably.Cupramax said:
Im of the impinion that unless you have the money to do the whole international playboy thing then its not as clever as it sounds. I gave up work 3 years ago at 46 as a result of various things going on in my life at the time. House is paid for and Im by no means skint but im also bored stless so im now on the hunt for something to do albeit part time preferably.
This. Unless you have tens of millions of pounds to do as you wish you would soon get very bored retiring so young, Well I would anyway.tless so im now on the hunt for something to do albeit part time preferably.Even if you've won the Euromillions, frankly do you want to retire? There is a limit to what you can do in terms of "fun"..
Then if you've not won the Euromillions I can't see it being ideal because if you have worked hard enough to be able to retire around 40, you are going to get bored.
Then if you've not won the Euromillions I can't see it being ideal because if you have worked hard enough to be able to retire around 40, you are going to get bored.
A friend of mine retired in his mid 40's having inherited around £2.8 million. Despite hardly ever having having a drink prior to his inheritance, he died 7 years later a very bitter, lonely alcoholic. He spurned all attempts from friends and family to help.
Of course I'm not suggesting this happens to everyone who retires early, just a pointer towards the fact 'the grass is not always greener'...
Of course I'm not suggesting this happens to everyone who retires early, just a pointer towards the fact 'the grass is not always greener'...
Jasandjules said:
Even if you've won the Euromillions, frankly do you want to retire? There is a limit to what you can do in terms of "fun"..
Then if you've not won the Euromillions I can't see it being ideal because if you have worked hard enough to be able to retire around 40, you are going to get bored.
I work offshore in the North sea and have 3 weeks off at a time on an equal time rotation.Then if you've not won the Euromillions I can't see it being ideal because if you have worked hard enough to be able to retire around 40, you are going to get bored.
I feel that given sufficient reserves of cash I could happily retire tomorrow. I'm actually looking into skipping a trip next year (unpaid) to have 9 weeks off so we can go for a jolly to New Zealand.
If you think you would get bored not working you simply don't have enough of an imagination.
If I were to get a decent win on the lottery I'd be out of here pretty quickly.
A bloke on another rig won a million a few months ago, he was away so fast that he didn't bother to pack or clear his desk. Just went into the daily meeting and told them he was away! He's a bit older than me though.
grumpy52 said:
I once did a delivery to a place at a very well known town on the Thames ,it was owned by a guy that had retired in his early forties having made £400+ million in the stock market .
This is my favourite anecdote ever. I can't wait to recycle it myself as 'a friend once delivered something somewhere on the Thames to someone who had retired.' I will be the envy of my dinner guests.
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