<story><title>Building a vision of life without work (2015)</title><url>https://livingafi.com/2015/03/09/building-a-vision-of-life-without-work/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kevinwang</author><text>This person also posted an amazing, unvarnished update recently (about 5-6 years later): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;the-2021-early-retirement-update&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;the-2021-early-retirement-u...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>temp8964</author><text>The conclusion came to me is that extreme working and extreme no-working are both bad in the long run. All you need is a work-family-life balance.&lt;p&gt;I am also glad that the author now opens the door for getting married and even having a kid.&lt;p&gt;Work, spouse, kids, the traditional way of life have been explored and chosen by human being for at least thousands of years. The psychological &amp;#x2F; economic needs for living with a family do not go away just because you &amp;quot;decide&amp;quot; you don&amp;#x27;t need them. There are people live alone, but most of them are not happy, for most of the time.&lt;p&gt;When you are young, you may like to wonder why do I have to live a life like my parents? When you get older, you will slowly or quickly realize that you are just a regular human being like everybody else.</text></comment>
<story><title>Building a vision of life without work (2015)</title><url>https://livingafi.com/2015/03/09/building-a-vision-of-life-without-work/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kevinwang</author><text>This person also posted an amazing, unvarnished update recently (about 5-6 years later): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;the-2021-early-retirement-update&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;17&amp;#x2F;the-2021-early-retirement-u...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>SavantIdiot</author><text>This follow up is way more compelling because it deals with the reality. I&amp;#x27;m jealous of the authors communication skills and their partner&amp;#x27;s: there are some very hard statements in there about feeling worthless and falling behind because of no job. I wonder of those words were spoken calmly, or shouted through tears.&lt;p&gt;Here are their discussions: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;post-fire-relationship-disconnect&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;livingafi.com&amp;#x2F;post-fire-relationship-disconnect&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: He has to go back to work due to medical issues, and his relationship didn&amp;#x27;t work out. But he&amp;#x27;s still got his chin up and it&amp;#x27;s great.</text></comment>