Comments on: You Don’t Have to Hate Your Job to Want Financial Independence

By: That Time I Didn't Buy the Shoes | The Happy Philosopher

That Time I Didn't Buy the Shoes | The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:16:23 +0000

[…] Here is the crazy thing though; the following day when I was driving home from an appointment, I actually considered going back to the store and buying them. That’s right, that silly little time-wasting trip to the store browsing for nothing in particular was stealing my attention. A day after that first encounter I almost drove back to the store. I was having a Fight Club-like discussion with myself, and I almost jumped out of the car and started punching my ego in the face. A pair of shoes hijacked my brain…me…The Happy Philosopher. You know, the guy who writes about minimalism and frugality and not buying crap you don’t need in order to become financially independent. […]

By: Jacq

Jacq — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 13:18:03 +0000

My mom was FI, which allowed her to say ‘no thank you’ and retire when the administration wanted to make major changes. She has been a lot happier to have her time as her own. 10 years before I doubt she would have considered it.
Being FI meant when a management change saw my dad retire early, he’s been fine.
I have seen how unpredictable employers can be and am working towards my own FI to be able to adapt to whatever happens in the future. 🙂

By: Early Retirement Chose Me | Healthcare Careers

Early Retirement Chose Me | Healthcare Careers — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:59:48 +0000

[…] enjoying a six-figure salary to live on half to expedite the process. It’s true, of course, that you don’t have to hate your job to want financial independence, and you don’t have to retire once you have it. You can keep right on working as long as you […]

By: Ian Bond

Ian Bond — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:10:54 +0000

As I stare at 60, I can tell you life is full of jiggles. Divorces happen. Health is precious and uncertain. The list goes on. The point is that Freedom is constantly being challenged by the unforeseeable. Having some small passive income and a disaster fund is a great place to get to.

“Some freedom is better than no freedom” is as real as it gets. The Universe will ultimately sort out what we can’t control.

Great stuff!

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Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:00:51 +0000

[…] My favorite post this week comes from The Happy Philosopher who writes that you don’t need to hate your job to want financial independence. […]

By: TheHappyPhilosopher

TheHappyPhilosopher — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:49:12 +0000

In reply to Hatton1. Awesome :)

By: TheHappyPhilosopher

TheHappyPhilosopher — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 00:48:29 +0000

In reply to FullTimeFinance.

Thanks for stopping by FTF. Cal Newport is a author that has written extensively on work and he is not a proponent of “follow your passion”. We need to do work that is somewhat interesting to us and learn to do “deep work”. I think we should all follow our passion, but it doesn’t have to be our work. As you state, work often makes our passion much less fun.

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By: FullTimeFinance

FullTimeFinance — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:45:32 +0000

It’s a very good point you make about desires changing. Recently there have been a few posts in the personal finance world about choosing work you are passionate about. My response to this is almost always this won’t work if your living depends on it, simply because no matter what your passion there are aspects of your job you won’t enjoy. If your dependent to live off it you’ll be required to give this area more attention then you want, which will harm that passion. Do it as a side hustle after Fi and you don’t have to do the crap jobs to make do, you can just do glamorous stuff because you don’t need the money.

By: RTD, CFP

RTD, CFP — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:10:17 +0000

In reply to Matt @ The Resume Gap. Matt, do you think that the dissonance came from the fact that you knew that you could be free of all the career-induced garbage, but just didn't have the confidence to make the leap away? And I'm not saying that cast you in an unfavorable light, I completely get it. But I've had those same thoughts, and I think that a big part of it just boils down to the courage (on my part) to allow myself to completely redefine my career choices.

By: Hatton1

Hatton1 — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 13:43:19 +0000

Great post. I think about this a lot. I am financially independent and have been for maybe 15 years. I have gradually decreased my hours and stopped delivering babies. I now have no call, nights, or weekends. I actually look forward to work most days. I bring my dogs to the office. Patients bring them gifts at Christmas. I tell people it is my practice and can do what I want. I am not sure what will trigger full retirement.