something else I've been bouncing around my head a lot is that the usual "retirement" calculations are expenses x years expected to left to live e.g. live in SEA $60,000 x 50 years = $3,000,000 however: - the denominator is worthless - instead of rapid hyperinflation will likely see sustained high inflation consistently eating away at networth (halving of buying power every 5 years) - UBI and AI + unknown other factors will massively shake up what the world looks like in 5-10 years - real retirement isn't real, after 6 months of sitting on a beach you will get bored, might as well have full freedom + project with income - capital gains beats passive incum so instead of having an overall "I can retire for the rest of my life" number (which isn't real, and is part of perfectionism) to break it down into investment blocks: - 24 months of financial freedom (2 yrs expenses in fiat + no debt): allows to pivot life and set up a new business if needed - 5 year investments: short enough time to try and predict what will happen, not yet full influence of UBI/AI - 10 year holdings: real estate, land, gold/platinum, antiques, rare wines/whiskey, bullets, uranium, luxury watches and BTC / ETH - 20+ year: no one knows what the world will look like, and will likely be very different, regulatory changes, new financial instruments, aliens, only very few things worth holding this long such as $PENDLE and schizo adventures disclaimer: not joking about the aliens, you think in the whole wide universe we are the only ones? nah, the only reason that they've not blown us up is because we're probably way too entertaining, they're sitting around the hologram at dinner thinking "wonder what crazy shid they been up to today"