I’m commonly asked what I’ll do after retiring extremely early.  I’ll be 35 years old, won’t I get bored?  The short answer is – “Are you kidding me?!?”  But that would make a boring and poorly informed blog post, so I’ll give you the long answer.

The truth is, whether you retire at 35 or 65, you will have to cross that line of letting go of your identity with your job.  The sooner you realize that, the better.  And if boredom is meant to strike in retirement, it seems more likely that it would occur to a frail old 70 year old than a young, adventurous 35 year old.  But let’s talk specifics, what am I planning to do?

  • First, I’m going to rest.  After 3.5 years of busting my ass in college and 11 more years of working hard in the More >