The author has been working much more and earning much less than expected.
In a comment responding to my recent blog post about making better decisions in the face of uncertainty, a reader wrote: “Life is inherently risky. To try to compensate for every contingency is irrational. We can “what if” ourselves right into a straitjacket! You retired early … you won!”
Let’s look at why you should continue to play offense in retirement, especially if you’re planning to retire early. 3. The psychological biases that blind people, both individually and collectively, to uncertainty and to a rare event’s massive role in historical affairs. For those who think early retirees are different and early retirement is some panacea, I refer you to Mr. Money Mustache’s eloquently written post about his recent divorce.
Before you try to forecast decades into the future, it is wise to start with a healthy dose of humility. This Freakonomics podcast reminds us of “The Folly of Prediction.” We need to predict future political conditions that will affect tax rates, the health-insurance marketplace and Social Security. In spring 2017 I pitched an idea for a book I’d been wanting to write to the guys who created the Choose FI podcast, and they agreed to partner with me.
So we’ve spent this summer working through a major home renovation. When it’s done, we’ll have spent over $30,000 we didn’t anticipate spending on renovations in the first year living in our “move-in-ready” house. This means taking more from our portfolio than we anticipated.We moved from Pennsylvania to Utah to be in the mountains and pursue a lifestyle of outdoor adventure.
We bought lumber to build garden boxes and had a couple tons of dirt hauled in before buying plants and seeds and then spending the summer watering them. Our “free” vegetables cost us well over $1,000.
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