On Mini-Retirements:
Why did I decide to take my first mini-retirement after 15 years in Tech earning a mid six-figure salary?
> "The best approach I’ve found for figuring out HOW I WANT TO LIVE is @tferriss's idea of “mini‑retirements,” introduced in The 4-Hour Workweek.
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Why did I decide to take my first mini-retirement after 15 years in Tech earning a mid six-figure salary?
> "The best approach I’ve found for figuring out HOW I WANT TO LIVE is @tferriss's idea of “mini‑retirements,” introduced in The 4-Hour Workweek.
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He got the idea after realizing that he disliked typical vacations where you pack as much as possible into one or two weeks.
After getting burned out on a short trip, he asked himself the question:
-> “Why not take the usual 20–30‑year retirement and redistribute it throughout life instead of saving it all for the end?”
-> “Why not take the usual 20–30‑year retirement and redistribute it throughout life instead of saving it all for the end?”
With this mindset, he designed his own mini‑retirements, trips of “one to six months” where he would test out living in different ways.
He described these as an “anti‑vacation” and “though it can be relaxing, the mini‑retirement is not an escape from your life but a reexamination of it—the creation of a blank slate.”
While designing these breaks into his life he asked himself three questions:
1. How do your decisions change if retirement isn’t an option?
2. What if you could use a mini‑retirement to sample your future plans now?
1. How do your decisions change if retirement isn’t an option?
2. What if you could use a mini‑retirement to sample your future plans now?
3. Is it really necessary to commit fully to work to live like a millionaire?
For me, I’ve found that this makes life more fun.
As I’ve lived in different places around the world and focused on different kinds of work, I’ve created mini‑experiments that help me learn more about how I want to live my life.
As I’ve lived in different places around the world and focused on different kinds of work, I’ve created mini‑experiments that help me learn more about how I want to live my life.
I try to think about time in blocks of one to three months and within each block, I pick one or two things I want to prioritize and test. It might be living in a different type of place, working on new projects, traveling, or learning something new.
"My goal is to test my beliefs to get a better understanding of what really makes my life better."
Powerful!
Powerful!
The spirit of the mini‑retirement is not about escaping work.
It is about testing different circumstances to see if you want to double down on them or change directions.
It is about testing different circumstances to see if you want to double down on them or change directions.
For me, testing out different ways of structuring my life now is a win‑win proposition.
I’m lowering the odds that I’ll be unhappy in the future all while crafting a life I’m more and more excited to keep living. < "
I’m lowering the odds that I’ll be unhappy in the future all while crafting a life I’m more and more excited to keep living. < "
Read this outstanding and inspiring passage today on @p_millerd's book "The Pathless Path".
Thought more people would get value out of this if I shared here.
Paul explained better than I ever could the rational part of an "irrational" decision. A "leap of faith" that I took.
Thought more people would get value out of this if I shared here.
Paul explained better than I ever could the rational part of an "irrational" decision. A "leap of faith" that I took.
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