retirement

[OldBillParticipant]

Oneforfreedom wrote:

Sounds like a great plan. Are you going to backpack through Europe or something similar also?

Yup. Hiking the Camino de Santiago within the next 5 years is one of my top goals. I’m not religious, let alone Christian, so there’s no spiritual attraction for me. It’s the Pyranees, Galacia, and the Basque region that attract me. Anyway, the route existed well before medieval Christianity co-opted it. It was a trade route well before the Celts and later the Romans took over the region.

I’ve got other hikes penciled in too like Skagway, Highway to the Sun, and Appalachian. I’m planning on traveling by freighter rather than airliners when possible. Merchant ships routinely carry “persons in addition to crew”.

Do not date. Do not impregnate. Do not co-habitate. Above all, do not marry. Reclaim and never again surrender your personal sovereignty.

[BeerParticipant 11832]

Oneforfreedom wrote:

Very interesting concept- I think work is important throughout life, but most people associate work with something they hate/are forced to do for the $$.

So like many others said- maybe working “for free” on your hobbies could be an ideal solution.

I do agree that, to prevent atrophy, one must work throughout retirement.

It also depends what you consider retiring. If you plan on sitting on a porch drinking a 12 pack+ daily you will rapidly decay in retirement. If you consider retirement an extra 40 hours a week to spend with friends and family, devote more time to physical fitness, pursue hobbies, learn new things you were always interested in but never had the time, travel and see/learn about the world and experience other cultures, etc, retirement just keeps sounding better and better.

Simply put, I don’t hate my job as far as jobs go, but if I didn’t need the money there are other things I’d much rather be doing, and it wouldn’t just be sitting around idle waiting to die. I wouldn’t consider any of the above activities work but I’d be keeping physically active and mentally stimulated.

[нσтησσвParticipant 830]

a lot of great plans! i had similar plans while growing.

now that i have a bit of time to post :P.

The issue is when looking at today’s society. you really have to ask… what happens if it all goes to s~~~; that is society.

If you think about it; or rather just look out the damn window! women have started taking DIRECT control of the government… and are already f~~~ing things up so badly!

The best current example of this would be the NDP and Alberta. 100,000 jobs lost in like half a year. That is 100,000 jobs in a 4.1 million person province. A Women gets in power… and in less than half a f~~~ing year! she’s already destroying everything… She has potentially 4 more years of this.

if alberta goes, canada also goes.

So… what then? the inflation will most definitely skyrocket… the middle class will be completely abolished! and all of your lifes work will have been stolen or destroyed by women regardless of if you got married or not!

The only logical solution that i could come up with is either invest in gold ( but with technology using less and less of it every year, even that will die off ), or… invest in something that could save your ass in a doomsday scenario… Survival Skills, and Land!

Don’t get me wrong, i’m of course not stopping at just surviving 😛
My aim is more to thrive without being completely dependent on society.

Food for thought; i just personally consider this issue a real risk as you can see this happening all throughout history…
women gain control of a society… and everyone dies off.

My Goal: To Leave Society.

[BeerParticipant 11832]

Just horde money and have an exit plan. If Canada and the US implode 10 years down the road form now and you have the resources, just find a decent spot in South America or Asia and leave. Why stay and deal with a sky rocketing cost of living, insane taxes, and out of control political corectness/feminists/SJWs/race baiters when there are other countries where 15-20k a year let’s you live like a king and you won’t have to deal with any of that s~~~.

[OneforfreedomParticipant 930]

OldBill wrote:

Yup. Hiking the Camino de Santiago within the next 5 years is one of my top goals. I’m not religious, let alone Christian, so there’s no spiritual attraction for me. It’s the Pyranees, Galacia, and the Basque region that attract me. Anyway, the route existed well before medieval Christianity co-opted it. It was a trade route well before the Celts and later the Romans took over the region.

Why did you choose Camino de Santiago specifically? Sounds Marvelous!

Beer wrote:

It also depends what you consider retiring. If you plan on sitting on a porch drinking a 12 pack+ daily you will rapidly decay in retirement. If you consider retirement an extra 40 hours a week to spend with friends and family, devote more time to physical fitness, pursue hobbies, learn new things you were always interested in but never had the time, travel and see/learn about the world and experience other cultures, etc, retirement just keeps sounding better and better.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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