Who is going to retire young

.... so what’s young??? Lets say 40

And how..... or you are well on your way to retire at 40..... lets have fun.... you have the glass half full

 

The funny thing is that most bogans retire young. And they do it effortlessly.

It usually goes like this; kicked out of school, onto youth allowance, Newstart, the clever ones get onto Disability or Carers and finally Old Age pension (if they last that long). Of course there will be a few stints in a correctional facility or three.

In effect these lucky buggers have "retired" the moment they got kicked out of school. Forget forty, try fourteen.

Their life may not be "la dolce vita" but it is a life nonetheless. Sleep in, a bit of shop lifting, hustle, hanging out, hanging out, get to bed late. Rinse and repeat.

No worry about the hassles of work or fluctuating markets or outdoing your peers. Theyre at the bottom and proud to be there .

Everything just falls into place for your average bogan.

 

Mate youse are considered a loser in Bogan terms if youse have not sorted out your Disability pension by the time youse are 25...whats up with youse Daz.....did you fall far from the coconut tree??

 

Sash. Where ya been? I thought you abandoned me. Fancy meeting you here on a thread about retired bogans.

You're right though, a bogan should have their Centrelink "career" sorted by age 25. But some are a bit slow lol.

But isn't it amazing how these critters flourish in a well developed nation like Australia. Social benefits is like throwing hot chips at the beach. After those nuisance birds take their feed, they drop one on you.

 

I'm not. First because it's too late

But mostly because I am having way too much fun.

 

Planning to at 45, will see how i go, currently 31.

 

What’s so great about retiring young?

Get a job you love and you will be happy to keep going. Then again, I was lucky enough to work because I wanted to, not because we needed the money.

I worked part time in a big high school library, school hours with holidays off. Absolutely loved it. Teacher aide so no teaching stress. Gradually cut my hours from 4 days a week, to 3 days then to 2 days. Didn’t really want to retire but decided at 65 it was time to make way for a younger person.

 

Too late to me. I retired at 55, mainly for tax reasons (small business concessions) .

At 40, I was still “running around in nappies” .

By 55, at least I was “toilet trained” .

 

when I was 20, I wanted to be retired by 30
when I was 25, 35 retirement
when I was 30, 40 retirement
when I was 40, 50 retirement

Ive just given up!

 

nope. will have clients/customers of some sort until retirement 60.

 

What does retire mean?

 

I never want to retire. I can't imagine getting up in the morning and not writing articles about Bart and Homer.

 

I don't plan to ever fully retire as I enjoy business, but I achieved financial freedom at around 34. Achieved this through many renovations, residential RE in two countries, commercial real estate and businesses overseas and developments in Australia.

 

i am 32, yet to work, is that considered retirement?

not because my work is my passion so its not considered work.

because i have inheritance

 

Can you adopt me?

 

What do you do with your time?

 

I retired Hubby a few years ago now. He's so damn busy, he complains when I want to reno properties.

 

Technically retired at 32 ... but have never not been busy.

Two businesses - reno's (lots and lots of reno's) - volunteer board duties - further studies - raising two families

Hubby is slated (in our books) for retirement next year and we're both a bit apprehensive

 

I'm not retired yet but I've been semi retired working 3 days per week since I was 36. I try to intersperse this with mini-retirements as frequently as practicable too. I took off 7 months this year and will take an extended period of leave next year as well. The plan is to cease working this way at the end of next year when I'll take indefinite leave and keep the door open to return to work if I feel like it. However there are unlimited contracting and casual opportunities that will provide supplemental income and engagement whilst also providing a very high degree of flexibility. For me FIRE is about freedom and control over my time and I think people get a little hung up on the retirement part.

 

This sounds like it is better than a fully fledged retirement.