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Early Retirement- What does it mean? Part 2

January 26, 2012

Now that we have a better understanding of early retirement, it is clear that retirement age is meaningless. With a lifestyle that you design, there will always be changes in what you do but you never retire. You just follow the design whether you are 21 or 72.   Since retirement is a term tied [...]

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Early Retirement- what does it mean? Part 1

January 23, 2012

What does it mean to retire early? Is there a ‘right’ retirement age? The truth is that we’ve all been brainwashed. Let’s be brutally honest here. Retirement is an artificial milestone produced by the industrial age notion of a ‘job’ where you work for an employer for 45 years in return for money when you [...]

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You Have the Power to Change your Life

December 11, 2009

You can change your life – but will you? If you keep asking yourself if you have what it takes to take charge of your life and become job optional, then stop right now. The answer is yes. That doesn’t mean that it will be easy or that you can follow a simple set of [...]

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About JOB

June 21, 2009

My name is Ralph Carlson and I’m your guide at Job Optional Blog. No, I’m not job optional yet.  I have committed to making it happen soon  using the tools and vehicles that I have researched for several years.  I have played the career game for all my life and I’m still on the treadmill.  [...]

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