48 Days - Your Source for Career Building!

Some People Work, Some People LIVE!

While your book 48 Days to the Work You Love contained a lot of useful information, by the time that I read it I was in the process of retiring from the work force. Too many years of 60+ hour workweeks had taken its emotional toll. Once my military retired kicked in at age 60, I realized that I did not have to work. I certainly did not have to continue doing a job that was killing me slowly.

Retirement – or should I say “the threat of retirement” – brought many positive changes to my life. I was able to leave the rat race but continue to work with people that I love and respect. I come in when I want. I leave when I want. As long as I work at least 25 hours per week, I get full benefits (including medical) for my family. Because of my age, I can contribute 33% of my salary to the company 401(k). Taxes take another third and I save the rest.

And, thanks to the Dave Ramsey “Financial Peace” program, my wife and I are totally debt free. We coordinate FPU at our church and we are able to give generously to our favorite charities. Thanks to ideas I got from reading No More Mondays and listening to your podcasts, I formed a family business where I trade stocks and options (I had been trading without the business structure for years). Although my trading is profitable, if I lost it all, it would not change my life. I am doing what I love and my wife is doing what she loves. We travel extensively. We are blessed to be able to give generously. And we have never been happier. Life is good.

The goal now is to build my nest egg to the point that I can live off of the interest. Having a pension is nice but not needing a pension is even better. Thank you for the inspiration that you give everybody.

Bill and Dorothy Johnson

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