Documentary Premiere: “Playing with FIRE” (Financial Independence Retire Early)
If you think the baby boomer generation fundamentally changed retirement life, read this post and you might be wondering. Of course, my boomer generation changed retirement living at the traditional age of retirement at 65. Instead of reading the newspaper with our coffee each day, we are active and enjoying activities that we had not had a chance during our working years. Some have started businesses or decided to live abroad, and others have done the traditional retirement stuff, traveled, visited relatives, or stayed on the job because they loved what they do. I opted to write two books and a blog about retirement planning and volunteer for three organizations that matched my values. I also have taken private flying lessons, ballroom dancing classes, started a side hustle by renting my 2nd car to tourists and took lessons in Buddhism. I also experienced a terrible loss of my spouse, Dan of 40 years, and my older brother, sister, and friends. I went through grief and therapy to heal. Retirement life is also just life both the positive and not so positive. This post is about a group of young adults who want to do what we are doing only decades sooner than 65! I love them and share why I became an Associate Producer of this documentary, Playing with FIRE.