Comments on: The 4 Hour Work Week – Retirement

By: Trisha

Trisha — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:46:58 +0000

Andres – Travel definitely does not sound cheesy to me. That’d be my #1 favorite activity in retirement.

But, here’s the thing–I fall into the “hardworking, driven” category. I wonder if I am ABLE to stop working. I got depressed in the months after I volunteered for layoff from my job and became a full-time investor. The investing activities really didn’t fill my days. So, I had some downtime, which led to a feeling of being “useless”.

By: moom

moom — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:28:10 +0000

If I get to be really rich the long-term goal is setting up some sort of environmental foundation/venture capital fund. Medium term I am going to continue as an independent scholar (I am about to quit my position as a professor) while developing my trading ideas and thinking about setting up a hedge fund :) As well as supporting my partner in her career in environmental/economics research. I don’t plan to “retire” as such – when I am really old I imagine I would do less and work on handing things on to other people.

By: Andres

Andres — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:04:01 +0000

The typical definition of retirement does not fit with me, or maybe I don’t fit in that description either.

I’d create a financial education/help company, so I can teach people what I know about money; I’d adopt many kids and will try to give them a better chance to make it in life; probably I’d spend a lot of time in my hobbies like racing (would construct a go cart track in my patio), and making deals happen all the time, just for fun, and not depending on the outcome to break even or survival.
And, cheesy as it may sound, would travel a lot. And I mean a lot.

By: RealOG

RealOG — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:37:13 +0000

I would set up a mini-venture capital group. We would group together other successful but retired business owners and pool our funds. We would then use that money to fund business ventures for kids K-12.

I have long thought that kids have some of the best ideas and helping foster entrepenuerialism at an early age would help grow our economy.

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:07:01 +0000

I never thought about retiring and doing nothing. In the end, I want to make sure I can have what I truly want in life: flexibility.

If a vacation is desired, I can take it. If I want to buy real estate, I can do it. If I want to write the next best-selling novel, I can do it.

Doing “nothing” sounds about as appealing as watching paint dry.