11-28-2014, 01:12 PM
I never thought about it because I'm more entrepreneurial. (Which, it must be said, gets entrepreneurs into trouble all the time with big ups and downs possible.) As long as you think of existence as inherent in possibilities, there is no need to plan for a phantom future. On the other hand, money may be viewed as energy. So there is a balance to be considered. I don't recommend wasting money/energy and just spending it all indiscriminately. A flow of going out and coming in freely without attachment is my mindset on it. A cushion is good as well. Saved energy so to speak.
But if one likes the stability of having a job, then it might be advisable to have a job with some plans for retirement, since this trajectory is more like a collapsed particle with one outcome. The entrepreneurial mindset is like the wave function, where all outcomes are possible. For instance, retirement has no reality for me. I can't imagine stopping "work" which in my life is not about a 9-5 job I do because I have to—it's more an expression of what I can create. I don't mean to make it sound romantic though, it's not easy and requires risk-taking. But freedom means everything to me, so I continue to "do my own thing" no matter how difficult.
But if one likes the stability of having a job, then it might be advisable to have a job with some plans for retirement, since this trajectory is more like a collapsed particle with one outcome. The entrepreneurial mindset is like the wave function, where all outcomes are possible. For instance, retirement has no reality for me. I can't imagine stopping "work" which in my life is not about a 9-5 job I do because I have to—it's more an expression of what I can create. I don't mean to make it sound romantic though, it's not easy and requires risk-taking. But freedom means everything to me, so I continue to "do my own thing" no matter how difficult.
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