Episode Summary:
In this week’s episode, Mike does a 6-week check-in on early retirement with Maggie and Greg. Maggie and Greg. are enjoying early retirement; they are being even more active, sleeping better, and feeling the benefits of more margin in their lives. They share their observations and insights in these early weeks, from the impact of less structure, feelings of being untethered, where their time is going, and their optimism for the future.
Episode Notes:
In this discussion, we cover many topics, including:
- Thoughts on if Maggie has slowed down yet or not.
- How they’ve been spending their time.
- Habit tracking.
- How relaxed they both are and how sleep has improved.
- They are hitting a nice stride of slowing down and relaxing.
- The immediate feeling of more margin in their lives.
- Being more present and engaged.
- The feeling of being untethered from a lack of structure.
- The discomfort that comes from being untethered and not having forced structure into your day.
- Parkinson’s law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
- How they are feeling about work with six weeks of distance between it.
- Maggie’s reading Cashing Out right now and highly recommends it!
- Greg’s 30-day social media and news cleanse.
- Maggie’s realization of appreciating the present moment and not worrying about how the future will unfold.
- The feeling of financial freedom.
- They are optimistic for the future and starting to feel all the feelings they were hoping for in retirement, such as slowing down, being more present, and feeling less stressed.
Show References:
- Way of Life habit tracking app
- Parkinson’s law
- Book: Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away
- Book: Your New Relationship With Money: Mastering Money, Growing Wealth, and Finding Freedom in a Culture Trying to Make You Broke
- Rich Roll podcast: Extend your life: Peter Diamandis, MD on the future of health & longevity science