^ your last line, theres a difference between you "retire" and youre "unemployed" lets say dukes owns a business and he "retires" ...his business many still generate $$ while he SLEEPS, thus he has retired but is not unemployed. And its obvious that dukes has the $ to retire from whatever he is doing, so i'm pretty sure he won't be bored what so ever.

ps : plus to add to your line alpha to prove my point..i think most people dont have other hobbies and stuff to keep themsevles busy because....THEYRE ALWAYS WORKING! what a surprise!!!!!! lol i think having no job would open up your TIME to do a lot more things

Hmm and where could I find this? :troll:
Is it a pyramid scheme? :troll:
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It can be boring if you are the only one doing nothing while your friends and family are working their asses off. While they're working, you have to find other things to do such as the hobbies you mentioned. Maybe go for a nice long vacation or cruise. :)

assuming people have hobbies .. pursue what makes you happy, and make the best outta life. spend time with friends/family and whatnot
sorry to say it but anybody who doesn't have a hobby/passion doesn't have a life. you'd just be a mechanical motherfucker

millionaires/billionaires become so obsessed with money that they completely forget what truly matters in life: relationships
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Dukes, if you were the same age range as I remembered, you still have a lot of years left, and I don't mean so you can do the work you love because that's bullshit, people would obviously love to do nothing and have money, fuck everyone that says otherwise, but I digress. Now, back to the topic of you having a lot of years left, are you sure if you retired right now, you would have enough money left over to comfortably spend during your retired years? If you do, I might have to go into your field of work.

Millionaires/billionaires may be obsessed with money, and it's more likely that they own a business too. With running a business, relationships are one of the key factors in being successful. Just because they have lots of money, doesn't mean that they're robots.

Mind you, I have heard stories of people being very unhappy in their pursuit of wealth.

Dukes, if i remember, you looked pretty young when i saw you in a video posted here on RS.

If you can live comfortably and money is of no concern, then go for it.

However, i do think its possible to get bored if you don't continue to enjoy doing what you do, or doing new things.

Sometimes its a matter of doing what you love, and that's what makes you continue to work.

Had a long discussion with my friends and family today.

It's been decided. Retirement in 2.5 months. :)

considering my job is a pyramid scheme, then ya :okay: dam these crazy CEO's sleeping while i gotta go wash their cars :fuckthatshit: and they make more $ then me

so you LOVE your job more then spending time with your parents ? more then spending time with your friends? more then spending time travelling to places? i think ppl lie to themselves when they say " i love my job, it fullfills ME " i think of athletes for instance...im sure they play the sport they played because they used to love it..now if you tell em you wont pay them anymore they prob wont love it as much anymore..

gratz man! all the best

i'll take good care of rest of the things you leave behind.

PS you owe me a trip to mexico instead of a white chocolatechip cookie now

PPS. i'm getting beach balls ready. :troll:

until you come back like Jordan ...

I was going to say if you're in a position to work part-time/consulting basis like once or twice a week. Keeps you still in the game but with the free time of retirement.

There's a good possibility it will happen.

I don't intend on dropping what I do out of my life entirely. I plan on doing some part-time consulting or on a per-project basis. I love my job but it has never been my life. My job doesn't define me and it never has. It's just come to the point where I want some "me" time. :)

Hey, I'm really happy for you. Glad you found yourself. Your happiness.

why not just take a long vacation then.......:suspicious:

There's a difference between retiring and going on a long vacation.

I'm not really in a position to speak, but just thinking about it, wouldn't life just be so boring if all you ever did was spend time with family, friends, and travelling? No challenges, no daily commitments, no struggles, nothing to tell yourself "I worked hard, and this is my reward" or "all my hard work has paid off".
Again, it's a matter of being occupied and staying sane more than anything.
When some people say they "love" their job, maybe its not what they're doing, but the rewards, physical/mental aspects of it, or how they do they're job.

Eg) Athletes. Sure, its torturing, 24/7 job to stay fit, eat healthy, train, push past mental barriers. But i bet some of those aspects are the reason why they keep playing, and sure, money plays a huge role. If they didn't get paid, that removes the reward factor, less dopamine, less desirable to play.

Correct me if im wrong, what do i know? :p

^ i see your point, and i think it has a lot of truth in it. I get the "wont you get bored" part, and i guess if you were to retire but most of your friends are still in their job. Who are you supposed to enjoy your time with then? But i guess if you have family/friends who are also free i think it would never be boring.

"No challenges, no daily commitments, no struggles, nothing to tell yourself "I worked hard, and this is my reward" or "all my hard work has paid off"."

well i would assume with your spare time you can always take things you couldn't before. Maybe learn to ride a motorcycle, learn to fly a plane, learn a new language. I'm sure there are so many new things which you could take on to challenge yourself and be committed too. Maybe go to the gym every morning when you wake up, or go for a daily morning jog. As for struggles..why would you wanna struggle? Correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think anyone would want that... And you and i both know you can have lots of rewards. Like i said in the beginning, learn new languages or new things in your life and your reward would be what you accomplished.

Iuno i can honestly say i would enjoy time with my family/friends/seeking new relations more then going to work to "challenge" myself. Imagine all the time you spent away from your parents as a kid, wouldn't you want to have it back? I heard on the radio couple weeks ago that a parent , only spends roughly 37 seconds, a day, of quality time with their kid. Man that would suck lol

But hey that's just one man's opinions and if you (i mean in general speaking to everyone) love your job more then your free time, do what makes you happy its your life

straaaiight
struggles won't bring you anything but stress, and stress won't bring you anything but bad health
sure go out and challenge yourself, but don't overdo it and remain on your journey of happiness

Don't take this the wrong way but this mentality speaks of your age and lack of life experience.

When you get older and after you put in your "time" into whatever it is that you do, you start to appreciate other daily routines as challenges. If you are capable of understanding your work is not your life, I would say you've grown up, or at least have an understanding that life isn't just about work. Case in point: I could just say "I quit" and not give a fuck. :fuckthatshit: (But that's unprofessional so I won't.)

Challenges for me, and this is just my own personal situation: picking up my bicycle and pushing myself to ride over 30km in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Or picking up a recipe on how to make some clam chowder. Whether that clam chowder turns out the way I want it to is another story. That in itself is a challenge. Hell, even coming on to Revscene is a challenge! :concentrate:

Have you ever been through a job interview where the person interviewing you asks "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" This is a bold question and not many people are capable of answering this. If you can, it means you have some kind of plan on where you want to be in life and what you plan on doing. 5 years is a long time but I personally like to set myself short-term 2 year goals. If I'm not where I want to be within that time frame, it's time to move on, whether it's with work, personal hobbies/interests and whatnot.

retiring from real work means more postwhoring for bcrdukes!

dukes won the lottery

bodybuiild:bigthumb: eat train sleep is all i do :fullofwin:

Sometimes, even if you have everything and ready to retire, the next question is, then what?

You've been working so long for the past 30-40 years, it's hard to find something to occupy the working time you've been accustomed with. My dad is struggling with that, he still has a few more years till he's 65 years old. Even though he always says to me, I'm retiring this year, next year etc, it's tough since he's use to working. He doesn't even know what to do with his time anymore. Eventually he will have to retire, but until then,.......

That's traditional retirement you're thinking of.

Having seen dukes at the last meet he looks fairly young. So I'm guessing he's not really "retiring" he's financially independent by having built assets.

this is one sick brag by OP obv

Yes... :suspicious: what did you do to retire so early? WHOA WHOA... RETIRING AS MOD SO HE MUST OF GOTTEN A FEW MILL !!!! That means skinny makes 10 mill :troll: