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Old 05-06-2007, 03:36 AM
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At least half of the interesting adults I know are each worth 7 to 9 figures (the others focused on family). They're the most disciplined, intense people I know. While the money they now have can be enviable, I wouldn't want to go through what they did in order to get where they are now. Only one has an intact family, and he may not have started having kids until after he'd sold off his software company. Now he teaches math and practices attachment parenting with his three kids.

I may strive for millions at some point, but for now it seems easier to attain what I want without the 80 hour weeks all the millionaires I know put in for years if not decades. Most of what I want requires at most 30 to 50 grand per year. More would be welcome, but only if it didn't require much additional effort. More important is the people in my life, and the time I have to spend with them. I prefer the idea of being semi-retired, working no more than 20-30 hours per week tops for most of my life (maybe a bit more for the first few years).

The four hour work week supports much of this, and I'm reading that now, but my first exposure was this article a few years ago:

Lifelong Semi-retirement

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