Is there any alternative to working for the rest of my life?

[Chief Wiggum]

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20150827-how-i-quit-my-job-to-travel-the-graphic-designer

 

[severnside gull]

I retired at 55. Made the decision that I could live on my pension taken early rather than carry on for anther ten years or so and maybe never see retirement at all.
So I don't have the money I might have had but I have enjoyed life so much more. It's all about choices.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

If you have to work think about cutting your hours. The team I currently work with half only work 4 days a week. Oh, and stop commuting.

 

[Goldstone1976]

My actual line of work involves advising those who have just sold said businesses...........They have had to try, try, try,try, fail and try again before they succeed.

And, of course, you pretty much only see those who have eventually succeeded. For every one person who sells a business for £10-20m (where they still own enough equity to generate a truly life-changing sum of money), there are 100 more who don't. Regrettably, hard work, spotting a market, understanding how to build a business and innovation aren't enough. A chunk of luck helps too - just ask Richard Branson how he met Mike Oldfield, for example.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A chunk of luck helps too - just ask Richard Branson how he met Mike Oldfield, for example.

The Oldfield and Tubular Bells money is a good story.

As an aside I remember reading an interview with Oldfield in a travel mag and he said he has limitless free first class travel on Virgin Airlines as a gift from Branson due to his album providing the initial funds for the Virgin empire.

 

[matt]

I hate work! Any feasible alternatives?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201401/working-our-lives-away

http://www.bluesaway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Kemy-Agustien.jpg

 

[nwgull]

And, of course, you pretty much only see those who have eventually succeeded. For every one person who sells a business for £10-20m (where they still own enough equity to generate a truly life-changing sum of money), there are 100 more who don't. Regrettably, hard work, spotting a market, understanding how to build a business and innovation aren't enough. A chunk of luck helps too - just ask Richard Branson how he met Mike Oldfield, for example.

Shouldn't stop you from trying though.

 

[severnside gull]

Probably already been said, but "find a job you enjoy and you'll never have to work a day in your life".

Easier said than done, though.

I did that working with young adults with learning and behavioural difficulties.
Such a great job........... Trouble was I ended up working 12 hours plus, 6 and 7 days a week and never saw home
Loved every minute but possibly not a plan that worked in this context.

 

[glasfryn]

manufacture disposable gloves for the NHS
or bags for life for Tesco
you will be super rich

 

[nwgull]

manufacture disposable gloves for the NHS
or bags for life for Tesco
you will be super rich

It is exactly this sort of thinking - ie the supply of dull and unglamorous products - that makes people rich.

 

[WonderingSoton]

I don't have time to read the whole thread right now (ironically enough due to work!!) so it may already have been mentioned. The incoming automation of whole tranches of jobs in the next 10-15 years will be fascinating, or rather scary, for the future of the economy and human leisure time. The whole concept of everyone having a job, or everyone working full time, will simply have to disappear. The jobs just won't exist for humans.

 

[Nibble]

It is exactly this sort of thinking - ie the supply of dull and unglamorous products - that makes people rich.

Very true.

 

[Nibble]

You can live on very little if you know when to put the work in, where to live and are happy to make a few sacrifices.

 

[Brighton TID]

Prostitution, something you would probably enjoy, but could also earn you a stable income, with tax incentives.

 

[jameswestport]

What age bracket are you in? how long are you looking to not work for?

23. As long as I live.

 

[Westdene Wonder]

There is if you have a private pension,take early retirement

 

[Garage_Doors]

23. As long as I live.

Unless you have amassed a pot of money to keep you going which is unlikely at your current age or have extremely wealthy parents or family members they will leave you everything they have then your ambition is doomed.
Hypothetically if you did achieve the required wealth, what would you actually do with the rest of your life?
What do you want to achieve? as every known self made person has not given up on work once they secured financial security.

 

[Reagulls]

It is exactly this sort of thinking - ie the supply of dull and unglamorous products - that makes people rich.

It worked for Kemy!

 

[jameswestport]

Unless you have amassed a pot of money to keep you going which is unlikely at your current age or have extremely wealthy parents or family members they will leave you everything they have then your ambition is doomed.
Hypothetically if you did achieve the required wealth, what would you actually do with the rest of your life?
What do you want to achieve? as every known self made person has not given up on work once they secured financial security.

Good question! If only I knew! Try and do whatever makes me happy I guess. Play Fifa, go travelling, go surfing, find a wife..

Wouldn't mind changing the world either and being remembered forever. In a good way.

 

[jameswestport]

Prostitution, something you would probably enjoy, but could also earn you a stable income, with tax incentives.

Its crossed my mind. Would surely have to go down the gay route if I wanted to amass any sort of wealth. Like this guy:

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/an-interview-with-britains-most-expensive-male-escort-873