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Hi Quiet,
I did the semi retire bit before I moved to Florida. Started playing golf everyday. Shopping like crazy. Bought a huge mansion. The cars, trips, etc.
I got so bored not doing business every day I couldn't stand it and hanging around with all these other guys that had nothing to do but count their money every day. And I quickly realized having to figure out what to do with all the free time was not making me happy at all.
Luckily the big quake came in Jan '94 and totally fucked up my world. The house got wrecked, we were just miles from the epicenter in the hills overlooking the valley. Some other business stuff I had went south. And I actually said thank you lord for having a lot of investments fucked up so I had the challenge again to start some new businesses to get back the money I had lost.
So no after my first retirement I said fuck this, I'm going to work everyday until my last breath. And its been great ever since, cause now I know the leisure life is not for me. I'm a workaholic and that's how I like it.
Once you win at the game of business, you realize its not the win that is the joy, its the anticpation from playing the game every day, and seeing if you will win lose or draw. That's the HIGH!
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