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When to Retire?

The best time to retire is the date that you set and not a date determined by circumstances beyond your control. When I lost my business and everything I owned after 911, I had to start from scratch at age 50. At the time it seemed nearly impossible to recover from such a huge loss.

Once I stopped feeling sorry for myself, I had to put a plan together to recover my life. That is honestly want got me started on this blog. As I read and learned new things about life before and after retirement I decide to share that journey of discovery with folks like you.

Even before my world came crashing in I never wanted to quick working. I wanted more time to work at the things I enjoyed. I wanted to put life in better balance to spend more time with family, fish, spend time with my bride of 43 years and kick back on my time not someone else’s schedule.

That’s me. But I have friends that live for the day they can do nothing but walk on the beach and mow the law. Others want to travel. So what ever your vision of retirement may be, put a plan together and do it.

When I lost all my worldly assets I decided to use the gift God gave me to write and build websites and blogs like this one that I enjoyed writing and also generated an income. As you can see I am blessed with great advertisers on the site.

I also moved to Charleston, SC which was the best thing Rosemary and I have done in years. How great it is to live in such a beautiful place, near the ocean near so much history, great food, and most importantly charming people.

Now imagine producing ten sites like this a year. In five years I will have 50 sites all making money. I call it my web portfolio. Instead of buying stocks I build websites that make money. So when I do retire I can keep up my sites for as long as I am healthy and enjoy the income they produce. That is my plan. What’s yours?