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That's awesome. Now you can afford the Ikon pass.Yeah - I do live in my camper a lot of the time (love the freedom) - sold my house in CO in August and still have my place in CA - Its a CFO role that pays $400k/year + substantial equity in a Tech start-up.
Retirement is like pulling out of some young, tight, sexy 'poontang'; you can enjoy what you were once lucky enough to 'have had', but you know it will never quite be the same.I have thought long and hard about this same senario.
I'm in the same boat so I'm just going to keep working as long as I can find a way to keep it fun. It hasn't been much fun lately so I need to remedy that.
On to the concept of retirement..
I have decided (for me anyway) that you have to make it like a job.
You can't wake up and wonder what you will do that day.. you have to already know what you are going to do that day and have a plan on what you are going to do.
Otherwise you are just sitting on the sidelines with no purpose and that's not fun.
Sounds like u r set but why r u challenging duuu’s to fights at the back of carls junior in San Clemente?I just turned 56 - I have enough money now to live good and never work again - house in LA is paid off - just sold my house in CO for $750k w no debt on the property - my ex-wife basically kidnapped my kid and took him to CO to live with her new boyfriend so thats why I had 2 house for the last 15 years - he is off to College now at the university of Georgia) - I thought I was going to retire - do a few consulting gigs here and there and cruz around in my camper and surf. What I am finding is that the lest I have to do - the less I do. I need a purpose and this position could give me that purpose. I know it sounds stupid but I do not think I am ready to retire yet. really appreciate the advice here - its your classic mid life crisis. the grass is always greener
This is about making $400k in Florida, which is worth about $1.2mm in CA"Not going to get these "surf years" back"
Good advice right there.
im 4 months into retirement... once i let go of work structuring my time... im kinda diggin nothing to doI have thought long and hard about this same senario.
I'm in the same boat so I'm just going to keep working as long as I can find a way to keep it fun. It hasn't been much fun lately so I need to remedy that.
On to the concept of retirement..
I have decided (for me anyway) that you have to make it like a job.
You can't wake up and wonder what you will do that day.. you have to already know what you are going to do that day and have a plan on what you are going to do.
Otherwise you are just sitting on the sidelines with no purpose and that's not fun.
Did I mention Florida is amazing for surf foil yet? I know that middle aged shortboarders who identify as core surfers can't understand it. But foiling will make your life better. Especially if you like snowboarding.
Erik Antonson on Instagram: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!"
370 likes, 27 comments - the.progression.project on December 9, 2022: "Fiji comes to Florida!!! Literally the first wave on a new proto. What a week!!!!".www.instagram.com
Erik Antonson on Instagram: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse it surfs ok. This thing is huge. Was so small I had to ride the 75 mast which made me hold back in turns as I was breaching inches of tips. But started to get a handle on the roll. Needed to be a bit farther forward in the box. But epic feels for a first proto."
353 likes, 25 comments - the.progression.project on October 7, 2022: "With the 140 and 170 done, work has started on the bigger sizes. This is a 210 proto. It’s a downwind monster but with the short fuse i...".www.instagram.com
Maybe you need a more high performance turn in your surfing to keep the juices flowing.
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850"
174 likes, 12 comments - flyline_productions on December 5, 2022: "Couple more from the first session on the @cloud9surffoils 850".www.instagram.com
Oh, it's endless groomer runs you prefer?
Mike Pedigo on Instagram: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoils FS850."
255 likes, 10 comments - flyline_productions on December 4, 2022: "I love carving around on the unbroken waves that the rest of the surf community doesn’t care about. First session on the @cloud9surffoi...".www.instagram.com
Being on the east coast does this automatically for you - I fish more than I surf by far...So if you fish, Florida is the place to be. Sounds like you could at least afford a small 18-21 foot Whaler with a 150 on the backAs for me? I'm finally starting to consider that surfing only occupies a very small percentage of my active life anymore. It still occupies much of my mental energy and identity, but I don't actually surf all that much, despite living closer to the beach than I ever have. Will I get back to a point where I surf multiple times a week and shape my real life around ocean conditions? Maybe, but by then, I'm pretty sure my ability will be less than it was/is now.
Yeah. Same.