| CDSmith |
06-01-2007 09:42 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by jayeff
(Post 6361790)
I wonder how many others like me, retired into this business?
For almost 10 years I have been suffering with serious heart problems. For a while after they were diagnosed I kept doing my usual work, but the stress was literally killing me. I have run my own businesses and been a workaholic all my life, so after a few weeks I was climbing the walls. Hence online porn...
Which mostly I don't enjoy. I have never been interested in porn, so for the first time I'm selling to a market for which I don't really have a feel. I'm an ideas/planning person, but now spend most of my time dealing with everyday details. I used to rely a lot on client/customer reactions for modifying my products and services and those hardly exist in online businesses. And at least until a couple of years ago, it was so easy to make money in this business, it has never given me any sense of achievement.
Still, I have very limited options and this beats watching soaps all day, so I shall probably be doing it until I drop...
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I did exactly that... retired into this business. Mine was a back injury, incurred partially because of a pre-existing condition and partially due to the physical nature of my former job of health care worker.
But even back in my early 30's I made it a goal to retire by 40. Thanks to this business I did that (from my job) 3 years sooner than expected. I've never looked back.
Now I put in a few hours or a few minutes of "work" per day (can you really call this work?), networking online and over the phone, sitting at the computer, designing the odd page or banner for someone, posting on wm boards, updating a few sites here and there etc.... this is what I call retirement with extra icing. :D
But I think quiet is at a different level of retirement than most. I completely identify with what he's saying, and I've never understood the "I MUST work" mentality that so many average people have. It's insane. With that amount of money socked away you could afford to travel anywhere anytime, take your woman to the Caribbean or the south of France etc at the drop of a hat. And when you're back in your home town there's always some who is off that day and can go do something, go for lunch etc. Buy a nice cottage or villa somewhere and then go shopping to fill it with cool stuff.... then spend a few months there every year. Take up something you always wanted to do but didn't have time before because of "work".... the possibilities are endless and only limited by your own limited thinking.
I've been 'quietly' investing my money, nearly all of it, for nearly 10 years now (ever since getting into this business pretty much). I'm several years away from being "quiet retired" but I'll get there. For now I live a pretty modest life. For now.
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