I’m not sure why, but I was thinking about this blog which I binged read a few years ago.
It’s a very entertaining read so thought I’d share it for those who don’t know about it:
I’m not sure why, but I was thinking about this blog which I binged read a few years ago.
It’s a very entertaining read so thought I’d share it for those who don’t know about it:
Dude sounds miserable.
The horrible truth is that these bloggers are all just hustling you. They want you to think that quitting your job to pursue your own interests exclusively is a great thing. They want to think this is best for you, when in fact, it’s best for them.
And whatever, they’re all miserable in real life. Their blogs are basically glorified facebook pages, constructed with the sole purpose of making you jealous. In reality, they’re as unhappy as I am. And trust me, I’m in a position to know, since I no longer report for duty in an office, just like them.
Unfortunately, most of us don’t see through the act. All they really want to do is put a carrot in front of you — a carrot that will keep you coming back. They want you to continually visit their sites. They want you to click affiliate links so they can stay in business. They’re selling product, and that product is early retirement.
I’d wake up at 6:30 every day and drive to work just like everyone else, happy as hell to be freezing my ass off in a car for twenty minutes or so instead of sleeping in a warm bed.
Upon arrival to my building, I’d feel the beginnings of sadness stirring. Eight hours until my next commute! How would I ever make it?
Luckily I’d feel a million times better the moment I opened the door leading into my office complex. And it didn’t stop there. Those happy feelings only increased as the day went on, because I’d be on my computer, saving the world from the comfort of my desk, one fulfilling task at a time. Who wouldn’t love that?
I did, I must confess. I really, really did, and I’m sick of lying to all of you folks out there on the internet.
I don’t understand why he even wanted to retire early if he loves the office. I want to RE exactly because I don’t.
I updated the link to go straight to his old stuff.
I’m guessing your sarcasm detector broke and also didn’t read to the end of that post which is signed off: “Oh, and Happy April Fool’s Day. Obviously 99% of what I wrote in this post is the exact opposite of what I actually do and believe in real life.”
Maybe, at first I thought he was joking, but it kept going beyond a point where I thought he would reveal it was a joke and I stopped reading. Also because while the stuff about loving the office and missing his manager screams irony, the stuff about boredom could very well be real. In fact, many people struggle with normal retirement and finding something to do, so I guess I thought he was one of those people. Or the people who truly identify who they are via their job (very common here in CH especially for older generations).
Thanks for sharing! I also think it is one of the best blogs on FI out there.
The 2021 update was especially insightful, dare I say, wise.
Yea, I smiled at this part
I feel sure that some of them also felt that they were, you know, continuing to move and shake and improve their lives whereas, from their perspective, I’d sort of given up — my life appeared to be a static thing, unchanging, and therefore pretty fucking boring.
As if working means you are improving your life or that not working means boring. To me, it’s the exact opposite.