Retirement...What is your magic number? - Page 2

Interesting post CD. We're not all cut from the same bolt of cloth and there really is no right or wrong to it. We all are ... who we are.

You're the little kid that never grew up. Kids are all about themselves and live off in their own reality. At some point ... you just stopped growing,maturing, and evolving as a person. Maybe something bad happened way back when that completely halted your emotional growth. ( You may not even remember it. )

Interesting that you used the word " I " thirty six times in that short post. Used the word me,my,or myself ten times.

You are all about yourself .... you see ? Your whole world revolves around you. There's really no room for anyone else in your little world than yourself. That's why your relationships with women aren't working out.



This isn't at all to say that you are a bad person by any means. You are quite innocent in your complete selfishness .... just as the child is.

You seem happy enough .... It's not such a bad old life when you're " just livin' the dream."

You gotta remember though ... that way of life isn't for most people. It wouldn't work for them. That doesn't make em' bad ... just different.

You are trying to place me in a BOX of normalcy. I have NEVER been a "child" from the start. Wasn't interested in what most others were.

I have always been a very DEEP thinker wanting to know the TRUTH behind the facades of life and this world.

It doesn't surprise me that you have the opinion that you do as that IS "normal".

I have always loved myself and that would cause the problems that you believe you see in me.

I find that most are trying to run away from themselves as they don't know themselves very well. And are not really that interested in getting to know themselves.

If a person can't understand themselves, HOW can they have a better understanding of others?

If you can't love yourself, how can you love others?

This world is full of so called grown ups that have only grown up within illusions that seem real to them.

I understand very clearly that I'm NOT what would be called normal as I'm not interested in the ever changing world of so called normalcy.

Most look for things to follow and or believe in from the lists provided them.

I have always made my own lists to choose from.

I can't do so called surveys as they don't have the choices that I would choose.

This world is VERY vague and confused as that is what most want.

The world is a stage and we are but the players.

Ready for my close up Mr. Deville.

Quote CD:

I have always loved myself and that would cause the problems that you believe you see in me.


Response: Please don't take it as me trying to make you normal. You are exactly the way you are supposed to be. You are living true to your nature. It's neither good nor bad but simply is.


There are different kinds of Love .... you see ?


The kind of love you know is from ancient Greece. I'll quote from wiki:

In Greek mythology, Narcissus (/nɑːrˈsɪsəs/; Ancient Greek: Νάρκισσος Nárkissos) was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. According to Tzetzes, he rejected all romantic advances, eventually falling in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. He later died, and in his place sprouted a flower bearing his name.
The character of Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself. This quality, in turn, defines narcissistic personality disorder, a condition marked by grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and an inability to empathize.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)

Now on the other hand .... Ayn Rand might say that you are the perfect egotist. The word egotist having no negative connotation associated with it in her philosophy.

Here's another source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randian_hero

~ It's just food for thought that might lead to a broader understanding. It's wintertime, not much going on,and plenty of time for self reflection should one wish to indulge oneself.~

I used the word love as that is what most people would understand. I "myself" don't believe that there is such a "thing" as love.

Some people love pizza and others love, whatever.

The proper words and definition's to describe myself and the way I see this world don't exist as they are not popular.

You are trying to analyze me and place me into a pigeon hole that makes you feel comfortable as people are not comfortable with what they don't or won't understand.

I say this as I have a very good understanding of the "problems" you choose to believe I might have.

I'm not trying to anger you, just trying to get you to understand that you are barking up the wrong tree.

You may try and analyze me and try and place me in a box if that pleases you as I'm VERY much aware of how others might see me.

I will leave it at that as I may of already said more then I should as I have a problem with upsetting others as I'm a anomaly.

Just view it as my being from another planet where fantasy and fiction are not the norm........

Hello Gl1, how about a post about yourself? When are you going to retire?

Originally Posted by ChildhoodDream

Hello Gl1, how about a post about yourself? When are you going to retire?

Great question. (Side note, just posted an intro since long-time lurking was called out..).

Like many others, we think of retirement as the freedom to do what we want. I’m pretty old-school I guess, and we are taking the slow and steady approach to getting to a point where working for “the man” is no longer required from a financial standpoint. If I enjoy what I’m doing in my job, I’ll stay until it’s no longer fun. That time may be long after we need the income. My wife and I both have good 9-5 jobs, generally live pretty low-key, and have saved/invested since we got out of college.

As far as our number goes, it’s fluid I guess. Hopefully our health stays good. We are late 30s, and plan to have the house paid off by 45. At that point, I suppose I could go sell ladders at Home Depot if I wanted to make money to buy groceries and let the investments do their thing. Our plan - stay away from debt as best we can, invest in mutual funds with good track records, and enjoy what we have.

Everyone is different, and every situation is different.

Originally Posted by greytruck

My goal was to retire at 28.... Didnt happen lol

You're not the one dude. Likewise, all I want to do is retire early and travel the world but didn't happen as well.

Originally Posted by Rollyrogers33

My magic number is 86!

The other day I spoke with my financial advisor about the possibility of actually retiring. Now I know that realistically I will have to work until I am probably dead. The financial guy said that the talk wasn't supposed to be doom and gloom but positive thinking. He determined that I can retire at the prime age of 86.


What is yours? If it does really exists.



Slumped over towers. Awesome!

21 is my lucky and favorite number...

It's been a couple of years since this thread has had a post. I read through the whole thread again as it is interesting reading for when a person want's to relax.

I'm still trudging along much the same but a a slightly slower speed as I have become so accustomed to taking it easy.

I have never viewed "retirement" as a good thing in what societies at large considered it to be. I saw the scam from the start as my head was not up in the clouds as most others are.

My Life moves along enough within what I could imagine as a much younger person.

Life is what you make it,

most just try and fake it.

You get out of Life what you put in.

Pat wanted to retire what she did not realize was that she was already living the life most people dream of.

Pat a widow when we fist met 23 years ago picked up the pieces when I was at the lowest point in my life, we now have different postal codes but you don't discard 23 years of friendship.

We'll see how the summer plays out, I try to include her in my adventures and new hobby's. The most recent addition working with glass in a microwave kiln, this seems to interest her.

I'll more than likely find a working microwave and purchase her a kiln for it as she prefers to work alone.