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There's some truth to all of his points.
I wasn't retired, but at one point on my journey I was making better-than-my-day-job money, but only working 4-5 hours a week.
Yes, finding motivation to do things can be a challenge sometimes.
The social aspect of working from home was tough as well. None of your friends are free during your new free time. So you have to make new ones, but that takes time.
For me, I focused on family. Did a lot of stuff with my daughter on weekdays. It was a really happy time.
I also took care of my health for the first time in my life. Learned how to eat right and exercise... invested in myself. I had the time to figure it all out.
With a few more years under my belt, I know if I was to "retire", I'd take on any number of cool projects that I want to do, but don't have the time for. I have enough like-minded connections now, that my social life isn't tied to work anymore.
On the other side of the fence... grinding 40+ hours a week on a business that I passionate about and building for the long-term trades some of that freedom for a very fulfilling sense of purpose. I really believe in what I am doing, and how it's making a mark on the world. And even though I spend a little less time with my family, there's something to be said for the pride they have in the work that I'm doing. My wife loves bragging about me. My kids love to hear my stories and see all the cool stuff happening at the warehouse.
I think humans were made to work. But work doesn't have to be a job. It can be whatever you want to produce/work on/achieve. Stagnation is what leads to unhappiness, and I feel like the author of the article experienced a period of stagnation.
I wasn't retired, but at one point on my journey I was making better-than-my-day-job money, but only working 4-5 hours a week.
Yes, finding motivation to do things can be a challenge sometimes.
The social aspect of working from home was tough as well. None of your friends are free during your new free time. So you have to make new ones, but that takes time.
For me, I focused on family. Did a lot of stuff with my daughter on weekdays. It was a really happy time.
I also took care of my health for the first time in my life. Learned how to eat right and exercise... invested in myself. I had the time to figure it all out.
With a few more years under my belt, I know if I was to "retire", I'd take on any number of cool projects that I want to do, but don't have the time for. I have enough like-minded connections now, that my social life isn't tied to work anymore.
On the other side of the fence... grinding 40+ hours a week on a business that I passionate about and building for the long-term trades some of that freedom for a very fulfilling sense of purpose. I really believe in what I am doing, and how it's making a mark on the world. And even though I spend a little less time with my family, there's something to be said for the pride they have in the work that I'm doing. My wife loves bragging about me. My kids love to hear my stories and see all the cool stuff happening at the warehouse.
I think humans were made to work. But work doesn't have to be a job. It can be whatever you want to produce/work on/achieve. Stagnation is what leads to unhappiness, and I feel like the author of the article experienced a period of stagnation.