Since we have all been paying into the Social Security fund for our whole careers, we naturally assume that the earliest that we can quit working is when they decide to start paying us regular Social Security benefits.
That may be just fine for most Americans, but I have chosen not to participate! I figured out a way to establish some streams of passive income to support us and to go ahead and quit working full time much earlier.
Many people work all of their lives and look forward with anticipation to that day when they can finally 'pull the plug' and quit working.
I find it strange how many people become ill and how many die within a few months of their retirement.
Although I have not seen any supporting statistics, I believe that recently retired folks have little to look forward to and are bored and depressed.
I've seen it over and over again.
So many people are in a tremendous hurry to 'retire from' their job and they have not planned as good retirement lifestyle to 'retire to'! I have decided that to never quit actively 'working'.
I just want to quit having to work.
My typical day now does not involve leaving the house unless I want to shop, play golf or do something fun.
I get up each morning and check my internet income streams to see how much I earned overnight from my ads and programs.
You see, writing articles (like this one) is an way to earn some income and drive traffic to my sites, I have written a book, host a membership website for early and normal retirees, and I advertise many merchandiser's products on several of my websites.
All of these activities earn some small amount of income each day and a few have the potential to do very well.
I don't, however, have to do anything each day to keep them going and earning income.
If I want to go play golf or even go on a vacation, my income streams just continue to earn income for me.
My 'job' in all of this is to write articles and blog entries to keep traffic coming to my many sites.
As long as I do this for about 2 hours on 3 days a week, the traffic just keeps on coming - from all over the world! This is not tough work; in fact, I really enjoy monitoring the traffic flow and seeing how many of my visitors actually buy something as a result of visiting one of my sites! If this sort of capability had been available back when I was working so hard at age 45 or 50, I would have quickly jumped at it.
But, this whole technology is just in it's infancy and is about to really blossom.
There's room for lots more people to join in and begin earning some supplemental income.
Why don't you consider this lifestyle? I just recently read a new book called "Moonlighting on the Internet" by Yanik Silver.
This easy to read book discusses 5 easy ways to earn some extra income and to learn the real potential of the internet without risking any money.
Oh, it will take some reading and learning some internet techniques, but this stuff is not rocket science.
My friend, Yanik, did an excellent job of making all of these concepts real simple and understandable.
You will do yourself a favor if you pick up a copy this wonderful book and cuddle up with it for a few hours.
Don't be like the Stepford wives and be herded into an unhappy retirement! Choose to do your own early retirement sooner rather than later!