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March 10, 2016

What does retirement mean to you?

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March 10, 201610 Comments

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What does retirement mean to you?

Retirement (Old People Version):

noun  |  re·tire·ment  | \ri-ˈtī(-ə)r-mənt\

The act of ending your working or professional career. Hopefully. Please.

Retirement (Millennial Version):

?  |  ?·?·?   | \ˈkwesCHən ˌmärk\

[email protected]???????$#%#%#??????#[email protected]?$?!!$!!#. Crap. CRAP.

Seems pretty accurate, right? If I've learned anything from my 27 years on this earth, it's that the traditional dream of retirement doesn't seem all that appealing to me. Our parents slaved away for their entire lives to get a slice of freedom in their old age, just to have the rug pulled out from under them. It's like getting argyle socks for Christmas.

This has had me thinking a lot lately – What do I want MY retirement to look like?

For me, it's a little complicated. When you work for yourself there isn't a pension plan or 401k to depend on. I have an IRA that I'll contribute to and Social Security (not counting on it being there honestly), but I don't get the power of a 401k employee match.

I don't really want to retire the standard way anyways. I want my retirement to look like freedom, but not just for the last quarter of my life. I think it would be cool to live in a form of retirement.

I'm fortunate enough to have created an online business (this site) that can literally make money for me while I sleep. Real passive income that could become substantial over the next few years. The internet is freaking awesome. 🙂

For the average Millennial, I'm not so sure that traditional retirement seems like the way to go either.

Retirement

It seems like Millennials are always searching for a traditional retirement alternative. There are actually a lot of retirement ideas that I've seen from other young people that seem really really cool!

Here are just a few:

  • Leaving a job to travel around the world and blog
  • Aggressive dividend investing (that eventually leads to retirement)
  • Living in an RV and blogging
  • Live off the grid and get rid of all expenses

The underlying theme in the new-school ideology of retirement is to get the heck out of the 9-5! I used to work 70-80 hours a week making much less than I do now. Now I work a fraction of the hours and have TIME to do the things I want…for now at least. I feel retired even though I'm not at all.

So I'm curious – what do other Millennials think of retirement? Is retirement the way that our parents dreamed of an impossible idea now?  If you have a cool retirement strategy – share it below!!!! (Seriously…I love this stuff)

 

 

Live differently. Your bank accounts will thank me later. ~M$M
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  1. Greg says

    Mar 10, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Retirement is a funny subject.

    Like you’ve said the retirement lines are a little blurred for Millennials. I think that is why a lot of us have turned to lifestyle design and financial freedom. It is like a perma-retirement. We never actually give up being productive, but rather we work at something we enjoy doing, thus eliminating the need for retirement.

    The idea of a full blown retirement just doesn’t seem very attractive anymore.

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    • Millennial Money Man says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 10:59 pm

      I agree! I think some of us are able to leverage the Internet and available information to make money more efficiently. It’s awesome!

      Reply
  2. Brian - Rental Mindset says

    Mar 10, 2016 at 8:59 pm

    I wouldn’t say the traditional retirement is dead, just there is a vocal minority of millennials not putting up with it. Most are still on the path of working until 65 and hoping they have enough money saved up (most won’t).

    For me it was about getting out of the traditional job to work for myself (done). The real retirement is when I make so much passive income (mainly through rental property investing) that I don’t have to work ever. But I don’t care if it comes soon because 1) I’m already doing stuff I enjoy and 2) I want to spend money, not save it all.

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    • Millennial Money Man says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 11:01 pm

      Great point, most non-blogging Millennials probably have normal lives haha! I love what I’m doing too – enjoy it a ton.

      Reply
  3. Preston @TheDrunkMillionaire says

    Mar 10, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    Dude… It’s so awesome that you get to do what you want and make a living doing it!

    I envision retirement as being financially independent. That will hopefully be through a combination of (1) blogging (2) real estate rentals (3) making things (4) giving back to the community. Rinse and repeat. I could never stop working, but my ideal retirement is to work on things I love knowing I am financially free!

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    • Millennial Money Man says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm

      Nailed it – financial freedom. That’s such a huge part of “retirement” to me. I love seeing how many people are creating passive income streams!

      Reply
  4. Tyler says

    Mar 11, 2016 at 8:40 am

    For me retiring isn’t not working it’s only working when you want not because you need too.

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    • Millennial Money Man says

      Mar 11, 2016 at 11:03 pm

      Absolutely! It’s like trying to achieve a great work/life balance – I wish it was easier to do!!!!

      Reply
  5. Jen @ Frugal Millennial says

    Mar 13, 2016 at 5:21 pm

    I agree that the “traditional” idea of retirement sounds kind of boring. My ideal retirement would involve traveling and blogging.

    Reply
    • Millennial Money Man says

      Mar 14, 2016 at 7:43 am

      That would be awesome!!

      Reply

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