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Next week is my last week at my high paying hybrid web design job with good benefits. I’m making the most money I’ve ever made and I’m also the most miserable I’ve ever been.

I’m taking as much time off as I can to recover from burnout, to rest, and to live my life fully for the first time ever!

I have no objectives or goals for this time, so I can’t “fail”, but I do have things I want to do and places and people I want to visit.

I’m so excited to see what comes of this time and what opportunities present themselves. I’ve already had a few come up and I haven’t even left my job yet.

To some, this may seem irresponsible or short sighted or even reckless, but I’ve been responsible my whole life. I’ve never taken a big risk like this but it feels like the only path forward.

My dad had a stroke a week before he was supposed to retire. He’s okay, but he can’t do everything he was waiting to do, like ride his motorcycle around the US.

I don’t want to wait until I’m 70 to retire and start living my life. I’m 34 now and I don’t know what the world or my health will look like at that point. What I do know is I’m alive right now and I’m not getting any younger, healthier, or more able-bodied.

I know this time will be worth it, even if it sets me back financially because I’m living in line with my core values and asking myself “What do I want my life to look like?”

By the way, your book, “I Don’t Want to Grow Up”, was a big inspiration for this decision! Thank you, Scott!

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Meghan Swidler's avatar

on the other side of every leap I’ve taken were the miracles and the growth I didn’t know I needed.

- booking a 6-week solo trip to new zealand a week before i left

- quitting a venture capital job to pursue my long-time passion for health & wellness with absolutely no plan

- quitting a part-time health consulting job to write my first book

- writing my second book

- moving to venice, california with no friends there, but an inner knowing that i had to live there

- doing a 14-day advanced detox immersion in costa rica and booking the trip a week before i left

the list goes on and on and on.

you just know when it feels right.

listen.

take the leap.

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