A Million Ways to Live

The Deferred Life, Part 1: Retirement

April 22, 2024 Season 1 Episode 8
The Deferred Life, Part 1: Retirement
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A Million Ways to Live
The Deferred Life, Part 1: Retirement
Apr 22, 2024 Season 1 Episode 8

Deferring happiness until retirement ...

It is commonplace today for people to work their entire lives in jobs they hate, saving for a someday-retirement that may never come.  People have come to accepted this way of deferring life — or deferring happiness — to be normal and even mandatory.

Entrepreneurship, FIRE (Financial independence Retire Early), minimalism, and many other movements that go against the traditional path have grown more popular as people seem to realize that the default “Work-save-retire” path may not be the best one for them. YOLO

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Playing With Fire (Link to documentary)
The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd (Link to Book)


A Million Ways to Live was produced By Chris Egan
For more information, please visit AMWTL.com

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Deferring happiness until retirement ...

It is commonplace today for people to work their entire lives in jobs they hate, saving for a someday-retirement that may never come.  People have come to accepted this way of deferring life — or deferring happiness — to be normal and even mandatory.

Entrepreneurship, FIRE (Financial independence Retire Early), minimalism, and many other movements that go against the traditional path have grown more popular as people seem to realize that the default “Work-save-retire” path may not be the best one for them. YOLO

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Playing With Fire (Link to documentary)
The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd (Link to Book)


A Million Ways to Live was produced By Chris Egan
For more information, please visit AMWTL.com