If you can’t find the time to live in the present or make the time for a long distance hike, you might want to look into personal independence. Personal Independence does not mean having enough money so you never have to work again. It means organizing your resources and making lifestyle changes so you do not have to exchange all of your waking hours working for someone else to cover your expenses.
Free & Easy and Better Than Retirement are two books by David Ryan that explore the possibility of personal independence for you. Both books are based upon lessons that the author learned when he and his wife became independent before the age of fifty.
Unlike traditional financial planning or retirement planning books, these books are not about becoming rich and living your so called “golden” years in material splendor. Both books begin with the premise that all years are “golden” and that adding meaning to your life is more important than money. The books explore the possibility of bringing changes into your life sooner rather than later.
Personal Independence ultimately is about examining yourself to determine what is important to you and recognizing that life is too short to waste it on doing something that means nothing to you other than paycheck.
