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_refugee_  ·  4018 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what're you gonna be when you grow up?

And humanodon too of course as he's throwing in on the discussion.

But the point of the blog in general is as a money-saving budgeting sort of thing? I was initially interested, having heard (read) you speak (write) about it. However, seeing that his main argument is an early retirement so that you can raise your kids - I totally get how that would be very interesting and desirable for those who want kids, but currently, I don't. So that means the blog in general may end up being less interesting to me. After all, theoretically if I did retire at 32 - what would I do? You still need ways to spend your time. Raising kids is a great way to spend that time, if that is what you want to do. Frankly, I think I'd end up still working in some way because a totally idle life doesn't appeal to me. So, learning this, the blog becomes slightly less interesting to me. Does that make sense?

Like, in part I was following this conversation because I saw you mention the blog, I'd seen someone (I think you) submit a post about it, so it was coming up a few times in my periphery. It's still a great goal to be retirement-ready at 32 even if I chose not to retire or to start a family, I'm not trying to knock the purpose of the blog or the value of what you're doing. But if the blog is pretty grow-up-and-get-a-family-focused, I lose interest.