Home
Forums
New posts
Contact Us
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Search All
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Contact Us
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Really good
Travel
Living Happily In Retirement Through Minimalism: Sell Your Stuff And Travel The World
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 441" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanlookjr/2018/09/18/retirement-minimalism/" target="_blank"><strong>Living Happily In Retirement Through Minimalism: Sell Your Stuff And Travel The World - Forbes</strong></a></p><p></p><p>In 2011, I took early retirement, sold everything I owned and began traveling the world. Up until then, my life had been on a relatively standard western, or American, track. I was living well, comfortably indeed, but I felt like I was living an off the shelf, predesigned life and not doing the things that were meant for me.</p><p></p><p>Before I retired, even though my schedule was dictated by limited vacation days, I was able to discover that I was happiest when I was traveling, having new experiences, interacting with other people and expanding my comfort zones. However, because I didn't have the time, I often found myself fruitlessly trying to bridge the gap between what I longed to do and what I was actually doing, with material things. <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fjonathanlookjr%2F2018%2F09%2F18%2Fretirement-minimalism%2F&text=I%20didn%27t%20feel%20that%20I%20had%20much%20control%20or%20choice%20in%20my%20life%2C%20so%20I%20used%20consumption%20to%20fill%20the%20void." target="_blank">I didn't feel that I had much control or choice in my life, so I used consumption to fill the void.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 441, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanlookjr/2018/09/18/retirement-minimalism/'][B]Living Happily In Retirement Through Minimalism: Sell Your Stuff And Travel The World - Forbes[/B][/URL] In 2011, I took early retirement, sold everything I owned and began traveling the world. Up until then, my life had been on a relatively standard western, or American, track. I was living well, comfortably indeed, but I felt like I was living an off the shelf, predesigned life and not doing the things that were meant for me. Before I retired, even though my schedule was dictated by limited vacation days, I was able to discover that I was happiest when I was traveling, having new experiences, interacting with other people and expanding my comfort zones. However, because I didn't have the time, I often found myself fruitlessly trying to bridge the gap between what I longed to do and what I was actually doing, with material things. [URL='https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fjonathanlookjr%2F2018%2F09%2F18%2Fretirement-minimalism%2F&text=I%20didn%27t%20feel%20that%20I%20had%20much%20control%20or%20choice%20in%20my%20life%2C%20so%20I%20used%20consumption%20to%20fill%20the%20void.']I didn't feel that I had much control or choice in my life, so I used consumption to fill the void.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Really good
Travel
Living Happily In Retirement Through Minimalism: Sell Your Stuff And Travel The World
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top