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Re: Jonathan Clements Exits: The Essence of Money

AJC — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:45:06 -0000

... I always wonder what 'qualifies' somebody to write about a subject? Presumably, it's because they have already done it, or are simply writing about their journey.

Having said that, J Clements seems on the ball with ideas #2, and #3. Idea #1 ["If you have money, you don’t have to worry about it"] is rubbish.

BTW: instead of writing a 'to do list' for retirement, focus on your 'must achieve for your life' list - might be only one or two things ... aim your financial strategy at that [how much? In how many years?] ... it made ALL the difference to me!

Thanks for posting on this ... AJC.

Re: Jonathan Clements Exits: The Essence of Money

Harlan Landes — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:46:34 -0000

Ramit has a good point, one that I need to take to heart, as well. If I could just get motivate myself to start with 20 pushups and 20 crunches a day, I could put myself on the path to better health.

Re: Jonathan Clements Exits: The Essence of Money

Ramit Sethi — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:19:24 -0000

Jesse, why not start doing that stuff today? You may not be able to spend "hours" at the gym, but what about an hour/day?

Re: Jonathan Clements Exits: The Essence of Money

Jesse — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:43:56 -0000

From a comment I left on another blog that sort of speaks to #2:

"I actually would love to win the lottery and not so I could have “nothing to do” but focus on all of the things I would like to improve if I had the time and money. I would love to improve myself (I would spend hours in the gym every day if I had the time), work more on my blog, run a fitness blog, restore an old Z, oh man, the list is endless. I saw a show the other day on people that had won the lottery and self destructed…interestingly a lot of them seemed the type that might self destruct anyway."

That applies to money in general, thats why I work and save...hopefully I can do those things in retirement.