The most common question I get when I tell people I want to “retire” young (aka be financially independent, which is having enough money that I can live without working) is, wow, what would you do?
I find it sad that most people can’t think of a life without work. That being said, it’s not like i have a plan, all I really need to know is I don’t want to be stuck in an office (or anywhere else) answering to someone else. So I decided to make a list of some things I could do, here it is:
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Sail around the world
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Master a skill (this is definitely it’s own list)
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Try to get on TV
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Go back to school and start another career for fun
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Volunteer
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Be a nanny for my family that have kids
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Help friends with odds and ends
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Buy and/or finance a food truck
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Write a book
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Spend a lot more time with family and friends
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Work a menial job for exercise and some fun money
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Become a teacher (Community college probably)
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Be a total couch potato
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Become a chef
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Become a life coach
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Make more money and donate it
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Become a researcher
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Catalog my family tree and maybe record some stories from each family member
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Learn to hunt
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Learn to live off the land
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Mine for gold
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Study the art of pickup
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Become a snowboard instructor
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Develop apps
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Become an executive assistant to someone awesome
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Learn to brew beer
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Learn to cook ramen in Japan
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Learn another language
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Enter politics
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Bike across the country
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Learn the art of the sword
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Become a pilot
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Learn to wingsuit
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Wake up at noon everyday
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Become a personal trainer
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Workout hardcore and be able to do feats of strength (like a 1 arm pullup)
Alright, that was tough! I can probably think of more but it’s about time for me to go to sleep. What’s interesting is a lot of these can be accomplished now and that most are about who I am, not buying things (but I already knew I’m that type of person).
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