tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post774259038377842636..comments2024-01-05T10:11:27.498+00:00Comments on Soot and Ashes: The World AFTER the Crash: How much money would you need to take the next two years off? If you have or had it, would you do it? Why or why not? And what would you do?bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-72165530379556041842009-06-19T02:27:22.270+01:002009-06-19T02:27:22.270+01:00Now I realize that in addition to morphing into Su...Now I realize that in addition to morphing into Suzanne, she's been a moron all along. But until she followed, I didnt notice. Now that the Sizanne is taking over, it is becoming a hell. But there is no exit- I dont want to harm the kids.<br /><br />Oh, does that suck...<br /><br />Sorry for the off-topic rant- I had to tell someone. Ah, America...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-12765652992007979512009-06-19T02:15:11.570+01:002009-06-19T02:15:11.570+01:00"
Because of you, I sold my house at the peak..."<br />Because of you, I sold my house at the peak and have been renting.<br /><br />Bought And sold SRS, DXO and a few others at the right time.<br /><br />Now - I'm just starting a two year trip to argentina with my wife and 5 year old. Going to play daddy, ride horses and eat grass fed beef for two years.<br />"<br /><br />Sh!t man ! Is my dick too small ? Why can't I have life like yours. I am not poor- educated, good job, 2 sweet kids, wife- slowly morphing into Suzanne, no debt, low 6 digit savings. BUT I AM NOT HAPPY !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-65276889985472381402009-06-19T02:09:51.956+01:002009-06-19T02:09:51.956+01:00>> We have more options for a
>> quali...>> We have more options for a<br />>> quality life than any other country<br /><br />Suuuuure. You know nothing about the world...<br /><br />>> yet it seems that so many are unhappy and depressed. Why???<br /><br />Why ??? Because they are trated like cattle which is made possible by feeding them BS from cradle to grave.<br /><br />>> It shouldn't be this way, not in the US, the land of plenty.<br /><br />Uhhhm... plenty what- BS ? Agreed.<br />Phood ? Agreed. Suzzanes ? Agreed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-12610213231561958272009-06-18T02:57:25.437+01:002009-06-18T02:57:25.437+01:00Keith, I kid you not.
Because of you, I sold my h...Keith, I kid you not.<br /><br />Because of you, I sold my house at the peak and have been renting.<br /><br />Bought And sold SRS, DXO and a few others at the right time.<br /><br />Now - I'm just starting a two year trip to argentina with my wife and 5 year old. Going to play daddy, ride horses and eat grass fed beef for two years.<br /><br />Perhaps the school will be there when I get back - perhps not!<br /><br />Thank you Keith!science teacher retired!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-69577570211215953132009-06-18T02:39:25.170+01:002009-06-18T02:39:25.170+01:00I just took a year off from April 2007 to April 20...I just took a year off from April 2007 to April 2008, it was one of the best things I have ever done. I don't regret it at all. Lived in Europe during that time watching my mother-in-law die of cancer. Besides that sad note, it was a great year. Did some traveling, sleeping, relaxing and most of all I could literally feel the stress leave my 45-year old body. <br /><br />If you can't find the value in that, you probably don't deserve a break!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-7458230597989774142009-06-18T02:26:05.659+01:002009-06-18T02:26:05.659+01:00college buddy lived in a beach community (Panama F...college buddy lived in a beach community (Panama Fl) for about nine mos in '82<br /><br />Slept in his car, ate leftover foods at restaurants, pizza joints, bummed the occasional smokes and beer<br /><br />Occasional odd jobs<br /><br />I'll bet he never spent over $1000 dollars in the nine months<br /><br />He said it was the most fun he had ever had<br /><br />Ah the endless summer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-19207357147524156152009-06-18T02:13:38.406+01:002009-06-18T02:13:38.406+01:00I think I could last a couple years without an inc...I think I could last a couple years without an income right now.<br /><br />But I wouldn't have enough left over afterwards. And my skills would be out of date.<br /><br />And I'm not that young anymore.<br /><br />If I died tomorrow I would feel that my life had very much been squandered.<br /><br />But I'm not even sure what else I would do if I could right now.Paul E. Mathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719759088047080921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-84287844640026489792009-06-18T01:03:21.991+01:002009-06-18T01:03:21.991+01:00Whatever I have, I'll make it enough--I've...Whatever I have, I'll make it enough--I've been preparing to survive w/o a job anyway! <br /><br />I wouldn't quit my job to do it (with a kid, it's not about me anymore), but given the opportunity I'd love to hike the Appalachian Trail.<br /><br />I'm with Randy, use your gifts and spend your time succeeding--whatever that means to you. <br /><br />However, I would like to point out that motivated people's plans are destroyed everyday. Accidents happen; people are injured. People become sick. People are betrayed. People lose everything they've ever worked for--just like that. There are some inspiring stories of grit and gumption out there, but reality is usually much less life-affirming. <br /><br />I think that's the draw of "dropping out" for a few years (but only a few years, of course!)In the US we are taught that you can always recover as long as you are willing to work hard and play smart. Either you into buy into that, or you think it's a hopeless hamster-wheel. Either way tromping around the globe looks pretty good.Banana Republicratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-56930737829386604902009-06-17T18:13:41.119+01:002009-06-17T18:13:41.119+01:00$12,000
no
i fill obligations to family while en...$12,000<br /><br />no<br /><br />i fill obligations to family while enjoying much freedom and my work.<br /><br />cheap rent in mountians<br />fish and hunt daily<br />paint and do crafts<br />hike and look for treasure<br />horse rides<br />friendsDevestmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704339847524381868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-16639209740856879852009-06-17T16:22:34.807+01:002009-06-17T16:22:34.807+01:00I'm the Anon 12:08 with the long boring answer...I'm the Anon 12:08 with the long boring answer about sabbaticals and such.<br /><br />I'm changing my answer a bit, after looking again at the picture at the top of the thread.<br /><br />If I decided to say "screw it" for a few months, and had an eager (almost certainly female) partner in the endeavor, I would be highly tempted to attempt the a full or partial hike of the Appalachian Trail; perhaps just the Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, W Va, Maryland) and Northeastern (Vermont, NH, Maine) sections, depending on the seasonal timing, how much time I had, how fit I felt, and how much camping the other person had previously done and wanted to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-47419172565932096862009-06-17T14:41:50.082+01:002009-06-17T14:41:50.082+01:00Keith, if you had to pick a location for best bolt...Keith, if you had to pick a location for best bolt-hole when TSHTF where would it be?Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-42391041591056705082009-06-17T14:40:00.447+01:002009-06-17T14:40:00.447+01:00Read "Your Money or your Life" and you w...Read "Your Money or your Life" and you will start living right now, today, and do it on very little money.Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-1403217705355605332009-06-17T14:17:39.688+01:002009-06-17T14:17:39.688+01:00I am 60 and have taken approximately 19 years of &...I am 60 and have taken approximately 19 years of "vacation" where I traveled the world overland and spent as much time getting an armpit tan on beautiful beaches and having a blast. I've been to 45 countries and learned to speak 6 languages on the streets. Vagator, Haad Rin, Kerobokan and Amsterdam are some my favorite places on earth. I spend about 5 thousand a year to live the vagabond life. I wheel and deal handicrafts under the nearest coconut tree to pay for my bungalow. In the USA I have a very nice fifty foot boat that I bought for one dollar and fixed up thats is anchored offshore, my monthly bills total $45 + food. I eat what I like to call the "world diet" so my costs once again are low. My aim is to "work" as little as possible and enjoy as much as possible.<br /><br />P.S.I may die todaytravelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-23216145987694720262009-06-17T08:59:57.839+01:002009-06-17T08:59:57.839+01:00There's a $6 91 pinot?
Do tell.
Nice to see ...There's a $6 91 pinot?<br /><br />Do tell.<br /><br />Nice to see some of you get it.<br /><br />I think more will, over time.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-29188178587989755862009-06-17T08:50:18.998+01:002009-06-17T08:50:18.998+01:00Keith,
Love ya man..
Some of these posters are f...Keith,<br /><br />Love ya man..<br /><br />Some of these posters are full of BS. 200, 300k??? If you really need that much to get by for two years, there's something really messed up in your life. For the last 12 years I've learned to live a simple life. I invest in nothing that I couldn't afford to lose tomorrow. My total monthly bills are less than $1,200. I don't believe in debt of ANY sort. And I also believe that the average middle class person can live like a king if he chooses, it's just a state of mind (ie, is a $180 bottle of wine REALLY that much better than a $20 bottle???)<br /><br />I have accumulated a very tidy savings since I started my simple life, but it took me a LONG time to understand how much better the quality of life can be by simply living simple.<br /><br />I could live way way more than two years on my savings and not give up a thing. But I choose to work, and I choose what I want to do, EVERYDAY. And I have plenty left over to help those who truly need help (family, friends, and an occasional stranger). Nothing beats that.<br /><br />I made good choices starting 12 years ago. But those choices came only after living a life of excess and unhappiness (lots of debt and a really bad marriage). I changed, and ANYONE can, starting today. <br /><br />We are the richest nation in the world, yet have more debt than most of the world combined. We have more options for a quality life than any other country, yet it seems that so many are unhappy and depressed. Why??? It shouldn't be this way, not in the US, the land of plenty.<br /><br />Well, I'm at the end of my $6, 91 rating, bottle of pinot grigio. Living like a king..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-24927364001151658632009-06-17T05:10:34.529+01:002009-06-17T05:10:34.529+01:00I would like to take two years off, I figure about...I would like to take two years off, I figure about 15k/year (small apartment, no car payment, no kids, no student loans etc...) or 30k. <br /><br />Maybe take one international trip per year (and actually have the time to enjoy it), maybe 5k?<br /><br />40k total.<br /><br />Agree about the unemployable part when returning back to the workforce. I think you just have to do something semi-useful with your time and say you tried to make it as a "consultant".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-11021787068326567822009-06-17T04:55:56.856+01:002009-06-17T04:55:56.856+01:00I'd probably either severely downgrade my life...I'd probably either severely downgrade my lifestyle and/or move to another country where a US buck goes further. You can get a basic place with AC by the coast in places like Costa Rica and Thailand and live pretty nicely on not much. Surf and snorkeling and lazy days at the beach. Been to both and it rocks.<br /><br />I'd say $1800 a month would be enough for both me and my wife except for our student loans, so closer to $2500. So say $30k a year.<br /><br />We have it and with an 8% return on our money, we could do that forever. But we've spent the last few years building a business together and really enjoy what we do. I wish we could do less of it, but opportunity abounds and now that we are having kids, we want to work hard until they are old enough to travel and hopefully by then we'll have some real coin saved to travel or live wherever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-91712025295488265022009-06-17T03:34:19.877+01:002009-06-17T03:34:19.877+01:00I did what you did Keith. I went to a happy place ...I did what you did Keith. I went to a happy place (left the fat infested, prozaced, self-entitled U.S.) <br /><br />Traveled the world for 6 years... decided to settle in Rio. If you ever come here you are invited to dinner. <br /><br />$$ undisclosed.derivsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-67512552165031691912009-06-17T03:22:26.967+01:002009-06-17T03:22:26.967+01:00Would need $130k for two years off.
Can I do it. ...Would need $130k for two years off.<br /><br />Can I do it. Yup.<br /><br />Would I? Nope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-69227964693887772082009-06-17T03:22:15.370+01:002009-06-17T03:22:15.370+01:00500k for my retirement fund.500k for my retirement fund.xxxyyyzzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-83112543418823721902009-06-17T03:11:31.450+01:002009-06-17T03:11:31.450+01:00Considering I have a family to support, I'll n...Considering I have a family to support, I'll need to keep working for the man till they're at least thru college.<br /><br />Plus I'm in IT, so taking off for two years would be pretty much suicide unless I was planning on get out of the industry.<br /><br />With that said, if I did want to get out of the industry (maybe open up a shop or something down the line). I'd need about ...ummm 350K. Roughly...<br /><br />That would be enough for me to close up some of my loose debt (outstanding school loans, car payments, etc) and put everything into long term storage.<br /><br />I'd then go back to the old country where both my father and my wife's father still live and live like a king. Returning in two years to buy a foreclosed house with cash and then open up a little business.<br /><br />Of course I wouldn't keep the money in dollars through the process.<br /><br />-Silly MonkeyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-2279116250389916702009-06-17T02:44:37.356+01:002009-06-17T02:44:37.356+01:00LOLLOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-61648140630011833742009-06-17T02:24:48.447+01:002009-06-17T02:24:48.447+01:00I have more than enough money to take the next 2 y...I have more than enough money to take the next 2 years off. But I wouldn't enjoy it. I enjoy brief periods of high intensity work followed by some time to rest. <br /><br />When a job becomes repetitive and busy without any learning or growth I get really bored and have to jump ship. Just finised a 2 week vacation in the US so I'll be recharged for at least a month or two. <br /><br />Taking 2 years off should be the goal. A balanced life should be the goal. I do enjoy my time but my current role does drain the crap out of me. I will look for something else while managing things right now.<br /><br />I do realize it could end anytime and am ok with that. I also feel very lucky and grateful for the life I have.<br /><br /><br />-MikeMike Huntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-69800039231306986172009-06-17T01:41:04.864+01:002009-06-17T01:41:04.864+01:00would need $80k and I have it. And I've been t...would need $80k and I have it. And I've been thinking of doing just that, taking two years off to travel to India and Argentina while maintaining my base in Phnom Penh. <br />Not really concerned with having a hole on the CV.. those things are ephemeral anyway, good jobs are luck as much as having a pristine work history.. or at least having it look that way. <br />Would also spend some time playing golf in the Philippines for good measure as a good game is a life long skill and asset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568749253826790814.post-70186429104287483092009-06-17T01:32:07.715+01:002009-06-17T01:32:07.715+01:00I would need $10 million dollars because that'...I would need $10 million dollars because that's the only way I would feel secure enough to not work. But even if I didn't work for income - I'd still want to do something useful.miminoreply@blogger.com