Our good friends Jeff and Kristy, of Chartering with Friends s/v As You Wish, turned us on to a new reggae artist called Lucky Dube. They got acquainted with his music at the recent Rastafarian Fair on St. Thomas. Quite by chance, we began listening to Lucky Dube’s Taxman CD this morning while the Captain began to organize our 2011 taxes.
One of the tunes, Well Fed Slave/Hungry Free Man, got me thinking about the reaction we often got from people previous to our retirement when we told them about our plan. Some would respond, “You’re too young to retire- how are you going to do that?” or “Why would you want to retire before you’re eligible for full retirement benefits?” Yet, others would say, “That is SO-O-O COOL! That’s a GREAT plan! I hope your dream works out for you. I wish we could do that…” 
This blog entry is made today to let you know that Captain Dan & I are doing just fine on our fixed income that is approximately 75% less than pre-retirement. And we plan to enjoy this life for years to come.
So we encourage you again- MAKE YOUR OWN PLAN AND WORK TOWARD IT! Are you currently a “well fed slave” and reluctant to accept less than full retirement benefits if it means that the building stress will possibly infirm you physically during your final years of employment? Please consider that quitting early may result in an improvement of your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being! Avoid falling into the could’ve-should’ve-would’ve syndrome. Figure out how much $$ is enough to make YOU comfortable. Then JUST DO IT.
 |
| Lucky Dube 1964-2007; Life is short. |
1 comment:
well said.
Post a Comment