My life took a dramatic change at the age of 35. Here are 5 things I noticed after financial independence retiring early(F.I.R.E.).
Learning becomes fun and exciting.
You can indulge in your research and often catch yourself falling into the rabbit hole. The significant decline in life distractions, obligations and sudden absence of responsibilities from work increase focus on any task with higher intensity. Often times, I catch myself doing research for a straight week just on one topic! In many ways i feel like I have gone back to school but on my own terms. Learning about economics and markets has become ever more intriguing and fascinating to me. Even learning about politics and law, which i never thought I would enjoy, has become enjoyable.
Losing track of time.
Owning more of your time really brings a new sense of freedom in life. No longer are you restricted by time. The importance of bedtime is diminished. You can allow yourself to work on any project late into the night and not worry about the next days obligations from your business or career. The lines between weekdays and weekends are blurred. The day and time you now own fully and can schedule as you please. Feel like going with the flow? Forget about scheduling and let your creative side take over time.
Self improvement.
Not limited by time, you often catch yourself researching literally everything! I read at least 80% more now than I ever did in my past. It really raises your awareness on many aspects of yourself. You begin to recognize many of your flaws and bad habits as well. You realize how much energy you have to tackle and correct them. Having all your energy to channel to yourself rather than somewhere else is a wonderful benefit I am grateful for.
Huge decrease in stress levels.
So as they say, stress is horrible for your health. The noticeable differences in my health were not immediate after FIRE. In fact, the changes in my health were gradual over a course of 2 years. The immediate changes noticed were an increase in general happiness and to be quite honest, worries as well. The years of planning for FIRE may have helped ease the concerns I had about this new FIRE lifestyle in a matter of few months.
There were reductions in weight especially around my waist line without the exercise! My weight seems to have stabilized at a much healthier range. My inner desire to exercise has naturally increased as well. Everything just feels much more stabilized and balanced due to the reduction in stress. Life still throws curve balls but I live life trying to be as well prepared for all the possible risks in life.
No more traffic and long lines.
The daily life chores such as grocery shopping are now exclusively done during the work hours between 11AM to 3PM. Locating parking spots is rarely a problem anymore and long lines are just as rare. You definitely notice more retired folks in their later years shopping during these times. In the past, the only time available to run errands was on Saturdays and Sundays. It was common spending a large part of my weekend taking care of personal errands such as grocery shopping, visiting banks and the post office. Now the same tasks are only a small fraction of my time.
Are you retired early as well? I’d love to hear your thoughts and what changes you have noticed! Thank you for reading!
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Very informative post. There is nothing better than sharing personal experience with others.
I read a good article well.
첫 포스팅 부터 지켜보고 있었던 프로젝트가 이제 스팀페스트 3 이후로 서서히 정체가 들어나기 시작하면서 2틀 전에 @morning님의 글과 @starjuno님의 글을 보고 이 프로젝트에 전적인 지원및 홍보를 해야한다는 결심을 하게 되었습니다.자세한 두분의 글은 다음과 같습니다.
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지마켓이나 네이버스토어 같은 곳이라고 생각하시면 됩니다. 판매자가 스토에 제품을 올리고 구매자가 구매를 할 수 있는 곳입니다. 단지 판매를 하면서 판매자도 구매자도 완료된 거래후에 추가로 STORS 토큰을 보상 받을 수 있는 시스템입니다.
우선 거래 완료후 보상이 지급이 되며, 그 보상이 DEX(Bitshares)에서 현금화가 가능합니다. 토큰의 다른 용도는 현재 @dclick과 비슷하게 Steem상에서 쓴 글에 대한 업보팅 요청도 가능합니다. 추가적으로 Whaleshares에서도 리워드 요청으로 전환 할 수 있습니다. 하지만 더욱 중요한 이유는 다음과 같습니다.
==예시==
카카오 미니 AI 스피커를 사려고 한다.
인터넷 최저가가 배송비 포함 49000임.
카드 할인 받아서 5% 추가 할인해서 총 46550원을 내고 산다.
dStors는 토큰 리워드를 주기 때문에 판매자는 마진율을 줄일 수 있습니다. 처음부터 배송비 포함 최저가를 40000원에 해당하는 스달(SBD)이나 스팀(STEEM)으로 세팅합니다. (보상을 받을 것을 감안하여)
구매자는 실제 스피커를 구매하고 거래가 완료된 후 추가로 보상을 STORS 토큰으로 받아 이를 현금화하여 실제 구매가는 30000원이 된다. 오옷?
판매자는 리워드 받은 STORS 토큰으로 마진율을 회복한다. 오옷?
이런 종류의 시나리오가 가능합니다. 또한 국내 배송 해외배송의 경우도 마찬가지로 해외 배송비에 대한 부담이 큰데, 판매자 마진율 회복이 가능하기 때문에 해외 배송비 책정을 적게 하거나 아예 없앨 수 도 있습니다.