Tell me about an average week that you envision - not the big bucket list stuff.

[DeskJockey2028]

I've been giving my post-FIRE life a lot of thought lately as I ramp up saving and tone down spending.

One of the things I'm thinking my wife and I should do is put together a list of weekly goals to go alongside that bucket list of things you want to accomplish when you're FIRE'd. Not the big things though, the little things that keep you going throughout your week.

I'm a little afraid we may end up in front of the boob-tube more than we'd like so I'm thinking putting together a list would be a good idea. Get us off the couch but not cost an arm and a leg. A few ideas I've had:

• Going for a daily walk - even in the bad weather, just not in the extreme weather.
  
• Being available for child-care for our kids, should they have kids of their own.
  
• Volunteering at the local animal shelter one day a week (dog walking, cat visiting, etc.)
  

Neither of us golf nor are we looking to take it up but I'll be it's on a lot of lists. :)

What are some other ideas you've had? What would you do to fill the time?

[Slow&Steady]

My weekly list (non-bucket list) partly depends on the age of my kids when we get to FIRE but that is probably just different hobbies/activities and sleeping.

Sleep past 7AM
Read
Work out 3-5x a week (walking, swimming, weights, yoga, etc)
Read
Stay on top of routine chores/house maintenance (vs. waiting until it is so bad that I have to make time for it)
Read
An active hands on hobby (I want to learn woodworking, not kill every plant I touch, get better at sewing, learn to scuba/surf/snorkel, etc)
Read
Regular long lunches with friends
Read
Volunteer (libraries, animal shelters, boys/girls club, foster care, etc)

[dreams_and_discoveries]

I'm planning on travels and loads of adventures when I FIRE, initially, but when I'm back home I'm planning the following.

• Reading - and working through themes and lists, and getting into a few book groups
• Running loads, and putting effort into training, perhaps joining a running club
• Weightlifting - getting a good routine going and see what results I can get
• Yoga -  again with loads of time, my practice will improve
• Insourcing all the things I used to outsource at home - cleaning, gardening, DIY projects
• Hanging with friends on their schedule
• Free culture and museums
• Bargain theatre - there are load of opportunities I'm too busy to make use of at the moment
• Volunteer with organisations that I 100% believe in   

[FrugalShrew]

-Read
-Take walks
-Practice yoga
-Make art
-Practice a foreign language
-Practice a musical instrument
-Garden
-Forage
-Play tennis
-Swim
-Cook and bake from scratch
-Volunteer with an environmental group
-Volunteer at church
-Sew and knit
-Do jigsaw puzzles
-Go dancing
 

[franklin w. dixon]

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE MOVES ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, RIDDICK. I DO EVERY MOVE AND I DO EVERY MOVE HARD. MAKIN WHOOSHING SOUNDS WHEN I SLAM DOWN SOME NECRO BASTARDS OR EVEN WHEN I MESS UP TECHNIQUE. NOT MANY CAN SAY THEY ESCAPED THE GALAXYS MOST DANGEROUS PRISON. I CAN. I SAY IT AND I SAY IT OUTLOUD EVERYDAY TO PEOPLE IN MY COLLEGE CLASS AND ALL THEY DO IS PROVE PEOPLE IN COLLEGE CLASS CAN STILL BE IMMATURE JEKRS. AND IVE LEARNED ALL THE LINES AND IVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MYSELF AND MY APARTMENT LESS LONELY BY SHOUTING EM ALL. 2 HOURS INCLUDING WIND DOWN EVERY MORNIng

[ImCheap]

I have been giving this some thought as well,

The biggest thing that come to my mind is my daily exercise. I faithfully do 1-2 hours/day. I would so love to start my day with a workout rather than end with it, that's first on the list.

Take more time to actually plan and make decent meals, we not bad at it now but could you some improvement.

Read much more than I can now.

Other than that I have many hobbies I can piss away a lot of time with.

The funny part about it, the closer I get, the more I think I may want to work part time or my own little gig of some sort, on my terms of course!

 

[Northwestie]

Climb more, hike more, bike more.  Read more books, become a steady volunteer.

On of my climbing buddies who is retired has logged over 80 hiking days since January 1 and about 60 days climbing (combined outside and in the gym).  Friggin' A

[mamagoose]

Walking my kid to and from school every day.

[acroy]

EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM SLAM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE MOVES ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER, RIDDICK. I DO EVERY MOVE AND I DO EVERY MOVE HARD. MAKIN WHOOSHING SOUNDS WHEN I SLAM DOWN SOME NECRO BASTARDS OR EVEN WHEN I MESS UP TECHNIQUE. NOT MANY CAN SAY THEY ESCAPED THE GALAXYS MOST DANGEROUS PRISON. I CAN. I SAY IT AND I SAY IT OUTLOUD EVERYDAY TO PEOPLE IN MY COLLEGE CLASS AND ALL THEY DO IS PROVE PEOPLE IN COLLEGE CLASS CAN STILL BE IMMATURE JEKRS. AND IVE LEARNED ALL THE LINES AND IVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MYSELF AND MY APARTMENT LESS LONELY BY SHOUTING EM ALL. 2 HOURS INCLUDING WIND DOWN EVERY MORNIng

I plan to to this, sounds pretty awesome, but VHS is for losers. BluRay please!

In reality:
- learn something artsy. I don't have a creative bone in my body, well maybe the tip of a little finger. learn to paint, play the guitar, something.
- learn to ballroom dance, break dance, dubstep... dance!
- get more exercise. I currently get about 6hrs of cardio and 1hr weights a week. Would like to get more like 10hrs/5hrs
- learn to surf
- most importantly, be far more involved in church and community

[J Boogie]

I have a one track mind, I just want to build solid wood furniture.

I'm sure I'll engage in a few necessary distractions, such as cooking and hiking, but I have an unquenchable thirst to design and build.

Because of this, I have an accelerated FIRE date as I believe I'll be able to count on at least $10,000-$15,000 annually from this hobby/business.

And if I come up a little short, I really enjoyed being a part time barista, so there's also that.

[celticmyst08]

I plan to get up around 7 most days... late enough to feel luxuriously like "sleeping in," but not so late that I oversleep and feel like shit. I'll go jogging, cook more gourmet meals, catch up on my reading, garden, play video games if weather is bad, plan our next trip...

[Fishindude]

Mostly just do more of what I already currently do with my free time:

Lots more hunting and fishing including many short trips
Help my kids with projects at their houses
Step up the gardening and food preservation efforts
Step up the lawn & grounds care
Extensive farm projects involving wildlife habitat improvements
Lots of hands on projects with tools and hands to fix, build and repair things
Artsy projects involving woodwork, steel & welding, outdoorsy themed type stuff
Winter trapping and ice fishing
Go out to eat anytime we want

(some kind of morbid things but should be done)
Work on financial transfers to kids & grand kids
Do a better more detailed will
Prearrange and pay our funerals

[notford]

Best Guess for an average day in the life (hours):
 - Sleep (8)
 - Cook/Eat (2)
 - Family (4)
 - Active (1)
 - Read (1)
 - TV/Video Games (2)
 - Project (2)
 - Chores (1)
 - Learn (1)
 - Outing (2)

I suppose these are listed in order of priority.

Project Ideas: Cooking, Gardening, Welding, Machining, Woodworking, Photography, Making all the Beer
Learning Ideas: Community College Classes in the items above, Drawing, writing fiction
Outing Ideas: Breweries, Distilleries, Famer's markets, museums, Coffee shops, libraries, walking neighborhoods, bike trails, seeing local parks, Pew pew pew! etc

I have a spreadsheet heavily leveraged off of Mr. Doom/LivingAFI's posts here:
https://livingafi.com/doing-all-the-things/
https://livingafi.com/2015/03/09/building-a-vision-of-life-without-work/

I especially like the idea of a "person piggyback" where you glom on to someone else's interests and do that with them.

[big_slacker]

Well, I plan on retiring back home in the mountains. So wake up, make a nice breakfast. Probably wait for the wife to wake up and hang with her a little. Load up the gear and either MTB, snowboard, beach or hike depending on the season and day.

When not doing that there is always shoveling snow in the winter. Riding bikes to the gym.

I'd like it if there was a community bike shop I could volunteer at, but someone would have to start one up there and retail space is at a premium. Shit, maybe do it out of my garage.

Reading, cooking, walks. I've wanted to get back into woodworking for a while, so maybe that space permitting.

Just have awesome, relaxing day after day, that's my dream!

[Abe]

Sleep past 6am - Eat - hike - swim - volunteer - family time - dinner - sleep by 9pm

More adventurous - go to various national parks for a week or so.

[Cap_Scarlet]

I have a base plan which revolves around skiing in the winter and mountain biking in the summer then....

- Experimenting with cooking / meal planning
- Blogging
- Weights exercise 3-4 days a week
- Poker (plan one full day a week - online - side hustle)
- Preparing / renting an apartment attached to our house
- Other household jobs
- Investing / stock picking (small scale, away from the core retirement funds)
- Consulting (ideally one day a week but lets see how it goes)

Aside from that I expect a good amount of travel to see family and planning those trips (sometimes the planning is more fun that the actual doing)

[driftwood]

Monday-Friday
Wake up early, have a chill 30-40 min bike ride into town. (Depending on the weather and how spunky I'm feeling, either road bike the highway in or mountain bike the dirt roads/trails.)
Work at a part-time UPS job for 3hrs.
Cycle over to the Crossfit gym and either participate in or coach a class (coaching would make my membership free or could even make me money).
Work on data entry for a virtual freelancing job either for a few hours.  Could do this anywhere with wifi, or if I've already downloaded the forms, could do this anywhere on a laptop.  I'm looking at living in Durango, so I could be outside enjoying the views as I work or I could pedal back home. 
Pick up the kiddos from school or/be home to get them when they come home.  Hang out with them and play, get dinner ready, hang out with the kids and wife, then put the kids to bed.  Spend the rest of the evening sitting outside on the porch/hanging out with friends/work on a project.

Weekends
Go on localish mini adventure with/without the kids.  Explore the mountains, go skiing, hiking, trail running, mountain biking.  Home maintenance when needed.

[Monocle Money Mouth]

When it's warm outside, I'd like to start my day with a bike ride. When it's cold, I'd like to go to the park to feed and photograph our native birds.

Come home and eat.

Write some code. I like programming and learning new languages. I'll probably spend several hours reinventing the wheel. I don't care if somebody already has a free library that does what I'm trying to do. I want to figure it out on my own.

Take a walk weather permitting.

Clean the house.

Work on the cars if they need any maintenance (fluid changes, brakes, filters, fixing Knicks and scratches, or just washing them)

Eat.

Walk.

Fix anything around the house that needs attention.

Watch documentaries.

Walk.

[asauer]

Walk (train to walk long distances)- can't do that w/ a 60hr/ wk job
Expand the veggie garden considerably
Grow fruit/ nut trees
Cook/bake from scratch (kitchen experimentation is so fun)
Writing (I love writing fiction)
Reading and book clubs
small-time coaching business- I love this and will always do it a bit for pocket money
volunteering with two organizations that I believe in

monthly:
camping!

[DeskJockey2028]

Lots of biking, walking, gardening and cooking will be going on, I see!

All of these (minus the gardening, I'm terrible at it) will probably find a place with me as well. I'd like to take some more time to do a little reading in the mornings, which I never get to do. I'm also looking forward to sleeping past 5am. I'm much more of a night owl so I suspect I'll shift back into that pattern, which my wife inhabits as well.

I enjoy our local birds and my wife is starting to take photography a bit more seriously so I suspect we could combine those two into something fun as well.

I never want to get to the point where my life is so busy that I'm overwhelmed once I retire but I also don't want long, empty days either. I'd love to start hosting a weekly board game day/night (depending on who's still working or not) to fill at least one night a week.

[Crusader]

Sleep in, actually have time to eat a properly home cooked breakfast, and sit down and take time to eat it.

[SimplyMarvie]

I think of this as something between the long summer days that I remember from when I was a kid (wake up, eat, bike to the library for new books, come home and read for hours) and the sorts of things we'd do on weekends when we lived in the States.

It'd probably be wake up, work in the garden/kitchen processing produce for a few hours, shower, make lunch, write trashy fiction for a couple of hours, bike to the library (or go to the Museum, or run errands, or volunteer), possibly have a music lesson, make dinner, hang out with the spouse for a bit.

Lots of getting out and exploring the area, season tickets to the symphony, and I'd like to serve on some non-profit boards. Maybe consult for some immigration attorneys or adjunct for a few classes. Take care of the grandchildren if the kids are close -- although there darn well better not be any by the time I retire!

[Helvegen]

I think an average week would be something like 15-20 hours of paid part time work, 5-10 hours volunteer work. The rest of my free time would be spent gardening, having fun making new things myself in the kitchen, hiking, playing on the interwebz. Ideally, I'd like to live somewhere with at least .5 acre to have a pair of dairy goats, some chickens, and be able to keep a hive of bees. I might consider homeschooling my kid if that was something she was also interested in.

[sparkytheop]

I'll have my house "in the woods", so a lot is based on that.

Mondays:
Meet at the Senior Center and quilt with the ladies there (I do that now when I have Mondays off, I'm in my 30s)
Go do my "in town" stuff like shopping, appointments, etc, since I'm there anyway

Rest of the week:
Sleep in
Drink a cup of coffee on the balcony while reading a book or enjoying the animal, tree, and wind chatter.
Walk a dog (mine if I'm done with overseas travel, the neighbor's if I'm still traveling the world)
Get a little housework done
Make lunch
Work on hobbies-- quilting, photography, woodworking, reading
Walk a dog again, if it's not too hot, maybe go to the river and hang out there for a while if it is
Make dinner
More hobby time
Go to bed

Even once I'm done traveling the world (once my son graduates college, I want to go to at least 2 countries a year, for two weeks each time), I plan to either have a truck and camper, or a camping van, and a dog.  Every other month or so go hit the road for a few weeks and eat at local dives, camp, and take photographs.

If my son has children and lives nearby, I'd offer to babysit every now and then so they can have some nights/weekends to themselves (something I didn't get much myself).

Mostly I just want a simple life, with lots of travel and making new (to me) discoveries and adventures.

[Exhale]

Wake up without alarm
Coffee & long beach walk w/foster dogs
Feed self & dogs
3-4 days week: Play (er, volunteer) with kids, preferably in Spanish (other days: errands/visit friends/etc.)
Work out - Shower - Lunch
Dog training and Reiki as needed - Nap
Tea & long beach walk w/foster dogs
Feed self & dogs
Read/Write/Visit with friends
Meditate
Bedtime

[calimom]

My weekly list (non-bucket list) partly depends on the age of my kids when we get to FIRE but that is probably just different hobbies/activities and sleeping.

Sleep past 7AM
Read
Work out 3-5x a week (walking, swimming, weights, yoga, etc)
Read
Stay on top of routine chores/house maintenance (vs. waiting until it is so bad that I have to make time for it)
Read
An active hands on hobby (I want to learn woodworking, not kill every plant I touch, get better at sewing, learn to scuba/surf/snorkel, etc)
Read
Regular long lunches with friends
Read
Volunteer (libraries, animal shelters, boys/girls club, foster care, etc)

Are you living in my brain? :)

[TravelJunkyQC]

I plan on the slow-travel method most of the time, so:
Rock-climbing
Hiking
Surfing
Snow-boarding
Volunteer with the Red-Cross or other worthy cause
Continue "working" (I work in writing/communications), be it paid or on a volunteer basis, for causes I care about
Take care of my family (soon-to-be-born-niece/nephew, parents, sister, brother-in-law)
Help out on my sister's farm
Gardening
Sitting in the sunshine with my family, the loves of my life, talking and enjoying my short time on this earth in their presence

[TheMoneyWizard]

Such a fun topic to think about! I could plan it to the hour, and I honestly don't think this schedule would ever get boring:

8:00 AM - Wake up after a full night's sleep.
8:00 to 9:00 AM - Leisurely breakfast.
9:00 to 11:00 AM - Write for my blog, it's a great creative outlet and gives me a sense of accomplishment.
11:00 AM to 12:30 - Exercise, everyday. Weight lift 3 days a week, Yoga 2 days a week, and some bike rides and walks mixed in. 
12:30 to 1:30 - Lunch
1:30 to 5:00 - Whatever strikes my fancy. Whether it's chores, volunteering, or working on some hobbies. I've wanted to pursue stained glass making, painting, and drawing, but never have the time.
5:00 to 7:00 - Whip up an awesome dinner. I love spending hours in the kitchen making something delicious or experimenting with a new recipe.
8:00 to 9:00 - Maybe a little TV or movie time.
9:00 to 11:00 - Nothing better than ending the day with a good book.

[Eric]

Wake up without alarm
Exercise
Go to the local market
Leisurely late breakfast/early lunch
Hang out at the beach or explore popular neighborhood or museum
Siesta
Cook dinner
Read/write/surf internet/plan next stop
Sleep

Repeat in a new place every 2-6 weeks

[Philociraptor]

Average day would look something like this: wake up, exercise, protein, shower, breakfast, chores, lunch, gaming/reading/socializing, exercise, protein, shower, dinner, gaming/reading/socializing, go to sleep.

Gain knowledge, get ripped, and get top 20% at whatever the current popular video game is. Nurture relationship with wife, family, and friends. Live in a place I can be proud of.

[GuitarStv]

I figure that a typical day would go something like this:

- Wake up
- Make some breakfast.
- Make some bread and set it on the counter to rise.
- Hour or two of guitar practice.
- Gardening time
- Bake bread for lunch.
- Eat lunch.
- Couple hours bike ride.
- Stop off at the library and pick up something new to read.
- Swing by the grocery store to pick up a sale item to make dinner from
- Cook dinner
- Eat dinner
- Weight training
- Other musical instrument (drums/harmonica/mandolin/bass) practice/play time for an hour or so
- Read
- Bed


Everything's flexible, so stuff would be swapped around to see friends, visit the beach, play in the snow, do maintenance around the house, do volunteer work, etc.

[dougules]

Honestly, I don't really know what I want to do with the average day aside from sleeping in and traveling a bit.  Any post-FIRE folks out there, is that bad?  I guess I expect a minor existential crisis, but I just feel like I'll be in a way better position to figure it out when I'm not hurried, stressed, and sleep deprived.  I'm pretty good at entertaining myself anyway.  It might also be nice for a little while not to have to deal with goals, milestones, projects, or other trappings of a culture that feels the need to be pushing every minute of the day. 

[lifejoy]

The things I want to do post-FIRE are the things I do now: read, sleep, cook, friends, family, etc.

The things I would add that are special but not too costly: Toastmasters, Salsa dancing (group lessons), yoga, and working at a jewellery store (AND spending all my earnings at said jewellery store, because I wouldn't need the money muahahahhaa!). Ok that last one could get costly except that it pays for itself ;)

Other things: go to concerts that are late at night, without being sleep-deprived the next day!

I would also revel in wearing punk rock not-workplace-appropriate outfits.

[Lyssa]

Read 2-3 books a week, work out regularly, cook, bake, have a well cared for home, learn and improve different skills, foster cats, volunteer, and - honestly - binge watching new great TV series from time to time.

[redbird]

Honestly, I don't really know what I want to do with the average day aside from sleeping in and traveling a bit.  Any post-FIRE folks out there, is that bad?  I guess I expect a minor existential crisis, but I just feel like I'll be in a way better position to figure it out when I'm not hurried, stressed, and sleep deprived.  I'm pretty good at entertaining myself anyway.  It might also be nice for a little while not to have to deal with goals, milestones, projects, or other trappings of a culture that feels the need to be pushing every minute of the day.

No. I haven't been FIRE for quite a year yet, but I don't really have any particular plans most of the time. I do what I want to do when inspiration strikes. Honestly, the switch from working to FIRE did not feel at all traumatic to me. It's mostly the same as what I did on the weekends when I worked, except I'm not tired or stressed out and the "weekend" never ends. :)

The only frustrating thing about FIRE, I think, is that when you need to get actual business done with a company, having to deal with them only during weekdays and business hours becomes frustrating. If you can't get in touch with them by COB Friday, well then sometimes you have to wait until Monday to do anything. That's several days for you to be annoyed at lack of progress. But that's a very First World FIREd Mustachian problem to have!

[Kiwi Mustache]

Wake up with the sunrise.
Go to the gym/crossfit/run with my partner
Make breakfast together at home
Catch up on news or read articles and talk about them with my partner
Go to part time job I enjoy or to university classes
Come home
Make lovely dinner
Read book/entertain with friends/go to seminar/event

Only thing that is different from my current life is that I'll be not so rushed in the morning (won't have to wake up at 6am to workout) and will work part time instead of full time. Pretty achievable!

[PFHC]

Oh man. This is fun. :)

An average day:
Wake up with my wife before dawn.
Yoga, tea, meditation, reading.
Breakfast.
On the water by 7, rowing, swimming, paddling...
Nap.
Lunch.
Hobby time (building boats, writing, sculpture, drawing).
Evening walk.
Supper.
Reading, making music, chatting with my wife.
Bed for 8 hours rest.

Also would like to incorporate volunteering, teaching, lectures, open mics, attending concerts, travel, etc.

Fun to imagine.

[Freedomin5]

What a fun thought experiment...

My typical FIRE day might look something like the following:

Morning
Wake up at whatever time my body wants to wake up (usually between 7 and 8 AM)
Eat breakfast
Enjoy a cup of tea, read MMM forums
Chores and errands - water and check on herb and veggie garden, walk/bike to grocery store, bank, etc.

Afternoon
Lunch
Hobby time - bake, learn to make soap, sew, read, make teas from garden herbs
Work on 'Project du jour' - I tend to be more motivated on project-based tasks that benefit other people
Go swimming

Evening
Dinner
Read

[SachaFiscal]

Morning
Wake up whenever (no alarm)
Go for a walk
Meditate
Do some yoga
Have some tea
Cook and eat  a nice big lunch

Afternoon
creative activities like playing music, writing the great American novel, writing software, crafts, painting, etc.
Learning something new (e.g. A new language)
Some kind of cardio activity Zumba, jogging, biking, etc.
Or maybe some kind of volunteer work like tutoring
Dinner (leftovers from lunch)

Evening
Read or play board games or watch TV
Stretching
Make sweet love
Sleep

[golden1]

I love these thought exercises!  My days would be like they were when I was home with my kids, minus all the work

Up at 6:30-7am most mornings
7-8am Morning run
8-10 Shower, breakfast, a little light PC gaming and coffee
10-3 - Errands, volunteer work, hobbies, day trips etc...  This part might need more structure.
3-4 Nap
4-5 - Prep dinner
5-6 Leisurely dinner
6-7 Evening walk or bike
7-11 - More PC gaming, reading, a little TV etc... 
Bed

I know it sounds boring to most people but I don't need much to make me happy. 

[dougules]

Honestly, I don't really know what I want to do with the average day aside from sleeping in and traveling a bit.  Any post-FIRE folks out there, is that bad?  I guess I expect a minor existential crisis, but I just feel like I'll be in a way better position to figure it out when I'm not hurried, stressed, and sleep deprived.  I'm pretty good at entertaining myself anyway.  It might also be nice for a little while not to have to deal with goals, milestones, projects, or other trappings of a culture that feels the need to be pushing every minute of the day.

No. I haven't been FIRE for quite a year yet, but I don't really have any particular plans most of the time. I do what I want to do when inspiration strikes. Honestly, the switch from working to FIRE did not feel at all traumatic to me. It's mostly the same as what I did on the weekends when I worked, except I'm not tired or stressed out and the "weekend" never ends. :)

The only frustrating thing about FIRE, I think, is that when you need to get actual business done with a company, having to deal with them only during weekdays and business hours becomes frustrating. If you can't get in touch with them by COB Friday, well then sometimes you have to wait until Monday to do anything. That's several days for you to be annoyed at lack of progress. But that's a very First World FIREd Mustachian problem to have!

I'm glad to hear that.  I was worried I was going to feel some kind of purposelessness when I get there, but a never-ending weekend I can definitely handle.  On weekends I never seem to get done with what I need/want to do then still have the time I want to relax and recoup. 

I don't think I understand what you mean with the business only on weekdays thing.  Us working stiffs have to deal with the same thing except that we have to fit it around this job thing that's going on during the same business hours.

[LiveLean]

I did nothing and it was everything I thought it could be.
--Peter Gibbons

Seriously, it would be much like what I've seen of my FIRE or traditionally retired friends: more time spent on existing active lifestyle hobbies and picking and choosing some work and consulting projects.

[posterius_maximus]

It's a little hazy, I'm a person who feels a large need to be "doing something" all the time.

My envisioned "retirement" is a little wild.  I want to go to South America and build a hybrid high/low tech village from scratch.  I imagine buying up a huge tract of land (multiple square kilometers) at a few hundred bucks a hectare in a place like Paraguay (cheap and easy citizenship), and then making a compact village center surrounded by a few dozen to couple hundred small scale, low-input farms.

The farms can provide for a lot of the basic needs of the residence, from building materials to food, and any excess production can go towards exports to bring in cash -- organic trail mix is a fairly easy, lowish perishability, low tech thing to produce that doesn't require a ton of capital or labor beyond the farms themselves.  We can use information technology to market it heavily to rich people in the richer parts of the world.

The town itself could easily house a few remote IT workers, maybe even a small software shop.  Between the two of those we could have pretty massive per capita exports.  We could keep our imports low by building out of locally produced bricks.  At that point, it's basically technology and clothes.

All of this is basically so that I can live with a ton of intelligent, interesting oddballs with a low cost of living, slower pace of life, still make money, and not have to listen to people say dumb things and make dumb decisions quite so much.

As such, my weeks will vary a lot but basically consist of "make stuff, meet people, sell stuff" -- it'll largely just happen at my own pace.  I do see a few points where I'm likely to remain consistent, though:

6-8AM:  Wake Up, meditate
11AM-noonish: Exercise if I haven't been doing manual labor
noonish: Eat
noonish-1PMish: Nap
6PM-7PM: Lifting Heavy Weights
8PM: Eat
9PM: Socialize
10PM: Meditate, then sleep

That's my dream and I'm sticking to it.

[PAstash]

I am not as adventurous.

wake up whenever

eggs and backey wakey wakey.

some coffee

work out 1-3 hours

naps

reading

small lunch

naps

workout. more video games. internet surfing. laying in the sun. playing with the kid(s) i'll hopefully have by then.

naps

elaborate dinner home made

cocktail

some evening viewing movie tv games reading.

kids to bed

time with wife

look at stars via telescope

go to sleep

wash rinse repeat till dead.

 

[PFHC]

It's a little hazy, I'm a person who feels a large need to be "doing something" all the time.

My envisioned "retirement" is a little wild.  I want to go to South America and build a hybrid high/low tech village from scratch.  I imagine buying up a huge tract of land (multiple square kilometers) at a few hundred bucks a hectare in a place like Paraguay (cheap and easy citizenship), and then making a compact village center surrounded by a few dozen to couple hundred small scale, low-input farms.

The farms can provide for a lot of the basic needs of the residence, from building materials to food, and any excess production can go towards exports to bring in cash -- organic trail mix is a fairly easy, lowish perishability, low tech thing to produce that doesn't require a ton of capital or labor beyond the farms themselves.  We can use information technology to market it heavily to rich people in the richer parts of the world.

The town itself could easily house a few remote IT workers, maybe even a small software shop.  Between the two of those we could have pretty massive per capita exports.  We could keep our imports low by building out of locally produced bricks.  At that point, it's basically technology and clothes.

All of this is basically so that I can live with a ton of intelligent, interesting oddballs with a low cost of living, slower pace of life, still make money, and not have to listen to people say dumb things and make dumb decisions quite so much.

As such, my weeks will vary a lot but basically consist of "make stuff, meet people, sell stuff" -- it'll largely just happen at my own pace.  I do see a few points where I'm likely to remain consistent, though:

6-8AM:  Wake Up, meditate
11AM-noonish: Exercise if I haven't been doing manual labor
noonish: Eat
noonish-1PMish: Nap
6PM-7PM: Lifting Heavy Weights
8PM: Eat
9PM: Socialize
10PM: Meditate, then sleep

That's my dream and I'm sticking to it.

Posterius, can my wife and I join you?

[dougules]

It's a little hazy, I'm a person who feels a large need to be "doing something" all the time.

My envisioned "retirement" is a little wild.  I want to go to South America and build a hybrid high/low tech village from scratch.  I imagine buying up a huge tract of land (multiple square kilometers) at a few hundred bucks a hectare in a place like Paraguay (cheap and easy citizenship), and then making a compact village center surrounded by a few dozen to couple hundred small scale, low-input farms.

The farms can provide for a lot of the basic needs of the residence, from building materials to food, and any excess production can go towards exports to bring in cash -- organic trail mix is a fairly easy, lowish perishability, low tech thing to produce that doesn't require a ton of capital or labor beyond the farms themselves.  We can use information technology to market it heavily to rich people in the richer parts of the world.

The town itself could easily house a few remote IT workers, maybe even a small software shop.  Between the two of those we could have pretty massive per capita exports.  We could keep our imports low by building out of locally produced bricks.  At that point, it's basically technology and clothes.

All of this is basically so that I can live with a ton of intelligent, interesting oddballs with a low cost of living, slower pace of life, still make money, and not have to listen to people say dumb things and make dumb decisions quite so much.

As such, my weeks will vary a lot but basically consist of "make stuff, meet people, sell stuff" -- it'll largely just happen at my own pace.  I do see a few points where I'm likely to remain consistent, though:

6-8AM:  Wake Up, meditate
11AM-noonish: Exercise if I haven't been doing manual labor
noonish: Eat
noonish-1PMish: Nap
6PM-7PM: Lifting Heavy Weights
8PM: Eat
9PM: Socialize
10PM: Meditate, then sleep

That's my dream and I'm sticking to it.

Si Ud va construirlo en América del Sur, Ud tiene que escribir eso de nuevo en español.  :)  Tambien, como se sentirán sus vecinos locales cuando se construye un pueblo de extranjeros cerca de ellos?

[MoneyCat]

I would love to roll out of bed at 9 am every morning (which is absolutely heavenly-sounding compared to my mornings now), drink a cup of coffee, and then go take a stroll along the river near the tiny homestead in Arizona where I moved in retirement so I can pay 1/8 of the property taxes I pay now. Maybe do a little fishing. Then, I'll head home and read a book, watch an episode of Netflix, or play a boardgame with my wife. After that, I'll exercise and then eat some lunch. If the weather is cool enough at that time of year, I might go for a bicycle ride to the park. Maybe stop by the no-kill animal shelter where I finally have time to volunteer. In the evening, I'll make a nice dinner for us and then we'll relax and maybe read some more or watch some TV. I'll fall asleep in my recliner while watching Stephen Colbert.

That's pretty much my idea of Paradise right there.

[mozar]

Tambien, como se sentirán sus vecinos locales cuando se construye un pueblo de extranjeros cerca de ellos?

People do this, check out Auroville: http://www.auroville.org/

I've thought of doing something like this, in the USA like Twin Oaks, but more technology focused. Like have the capital to buy a lot of time saving devices as well as being offgrid. The idea of marketing to remote IT workers is brilliant.

There was the seasteading institute that was going to set up in international waters, but then they realized being part of a nation is actually a good idea: http://www.seasteading.org/

[Cassie]

WE have been semi-retired for 4 years now. I get up when the dogs make me, take a long daily walk, drink coffee and read paper, spend 10 hours/week teaching my online uni class, knit, volunteer, cook, read, visit with friends,  have a clean house, travel.

[dougules]

Tambien, como se sentirán sus vecinos locales cuando se construye un pueblo de extranjeros cerca de ellos?

People do this, check out Auroville: http://www.auroville.org/

I've heard of Auroville, and I'd like to see it.  My impression is that Auroville is generally liked by the people that were already there, could be wrong.  If you're going to have a go at making a town from scratch, I'd think you'd be doing yourself a favor to be a good new neighbor.