Comments on: My One Year Retirement Anniversary http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/ The Personal Yakkety Yakkings of an Internet Entrepreneur Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:32:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Health Is Wealth http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-15618 Health Is Wealth Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:28:37 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/#comment-15618 Looks like you are almost to your two year anniversary. Congrats on that (early) I too am "retired" and I can agree with most of what you've said in this post. Ah yes, I'm working on the 6 pack of abs, and I would say the most important think is not eating the donuts ;) Situps are a waste of time! <em>Health Is Wealth's last blog post..<a href='http://www.vimaxreview.com/2008/04/truth-about-6-pack-abs.html' rel="nofollow">The Truth About 6 Pack Abs</a></em> Looks like you are almost to your two year anniversary. Congrats on that (early)

I too am “retired” and I can agree with most of what you’ve said in this post. Ah yes, I’m working on the 6 pack of abs, and I would say the most important think is not eating the donuts ;) Situps are a waste of time!

Health Is Wealth’s last blog post..The Truth About 6 Pack Abs

]]> By: Leo http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-13242 Leo Sat, 05 May 2007 02:59:19 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/#comment-13242 Free food, drinks and schwag. Yes, i can get used to this "retirement" ;) Free food, drinks and schwag. Yes, i can get used to this “retirement” ;)

]]> By: Dot Com Mogul or Not for April 2007 | Stephen Fung DOT NET http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-13225 Dot Com Mogul or Not for April 2007 | Stephen Fung DOT NET Thu, 03 May 2007 17:35:42 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/#comment-13225 [...] have no jobs outside of the Internet - I celebrated my one year Retirement Anniversary in April. Wow, has time just blown by! Here’s to a ton of great years down the road. [...] [...] have no jobs outside of the Internet – I celebrated my one year Retirement Anniversary in April. Wow, has time just blown by! Here’s to a ton of great years down the road. [...]

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-13206 Stephen Tue, 01 May 2007 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/#comment-13206 Yes, I've never been to so many parties in my life :) Yes, I’ve never been to so many parties in my life :)

]]> By: Stephen http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-13205 Stephen Tue, 01 May 2007 16:58:57 +0000 http://www.stephenfung.net/my-one-year-retirement-anniversary/#comment-13205 Well, there are other things. For starters, I can take off and not do anything at all for a day. I can even have multiple lunch breaks. In fact, I can walk away and not even come back :P This is in addition to being able to sit on my couch and use my laptop all day if I don't want to sit at my desk :D While people can retire and live on their retirement funds, many of them decide to grab part time jobs or try other hobbies. Some of them stare at their funds all day to make sure they have enough money to make it till they die. It's also known that doing nothing after retirement is death for most people. When their usefulness has disappeared, they disappear too. For me, what I'm doing is retirement to me. I've been used to doing physical work, following procedures, and having a boss. Now I use my brain, which is a totally undeveloped muscle because you don't get to think when you have a job. You just do and get a pay check. To develop that "muscle" I've started to teach it new things, let it see new things, go to new places. The burn out I felt was totally mental. It showed me how little having a job really made me reach. My livelihood is based on my ability to put it together in my head, even though my body might be sipping Corona's in front of a slot machine. This is what I'm not actually used to, and this is what totally burned me out. I just need some time to not think at all, which I find hard to do at times. I'm sort of like a firecracker. Once my fuse is lit, I tend to go till I blow. This is what I need to work on. To turn myself from a firecracker into a candle. Profound, I know :D Well, there are other things. For starters, I can take off and not do anything at all for a day. I can even have multiple lunch breaks. In fact, I can walk away and not even come back :P This is in addition to being able to sit on my couch and use my laptop all day if I don’t want to sit at my desk :D

While people can retire and live on their retirement funds, many of them decide to grab part time jobs or try other hobbies. Some of them stare at their funds all day to make sure they have enough money to make it till they die. It’s also known that doing nothing after retirement is death for most people. When their usefulness has disappeared, they disappear too.

For me, what I’m doing is retirement to me. I’ve been used to doing physical work, following procedures, and having a boss. Now I use my brain, which is a totally undeveloped muscle because you don’t get to think when you have a job. You just do and get a pay check.

To develop that “muscle” I’ve started to teach it new things, let it see new things, go to new places. The burn out I felt was totally mental. It showed me how little having a job really made me reach. My livelihood is based on my ability to put it together in my head, even though my body might be sipping Corona’s in front of a slot machine. This is what I’m not actually used to, and this is what totally burned me out.

I just need some time to not think at all, which I find hard to do at times. I’m sort of like a firecracker. Once my fuse is lit, I tend to go till I blow. This is what I need to work on. To turn myself from a firecracker into a candle. Profound, I know :D

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