Comments on: Meeting Your Goals without Stocks http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/meeting-your-goals-without-stocks/ Investing Blog: The Oblivious Investor Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: SJ http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/meeting-your-goals-without-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 SJ Tue, 12 May 2009 03:41:04 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4050#comment-1431 Personal finance and investing is a tool for achieving your life goals. Obviously we all have different goals. All advice should be done on a person by person basis. Yes, even such caveats as start investing early, save, do stocks, etc... If one's goal were to die early and live a beautiful statue than investing early may make that more difficult =) Personal finance and investing is a tool for achieving your life goals.

Obviously we all have different goals. All advice should be done on a person by person basis. Yes, even such caveats as start investing early, save, do stocks, etc…

If one’s goal were to die early and live a beautiful statue than investing early may make that more difficult =)

]]> By: Mike http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/meeting-your-goals-without-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Mike Mon, 11 May 2009 13:24:41 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4050#comment-1427 "My husband and I are actually working on plans that allow for some mini-retirements along the way so that we can enjoy life while we’re young." Sounds good to me! :) “My husband and I are actually working on plans that allow for some mini-retirements along the way so that we can enjoy life while we’re young.”

Sounds good to me! :)

]]> By: Miranda http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/meeting-your-goals-without-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Miranda Mon, 11 May 2009 13:21:38 +0000 http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/?p=4050#comment-1426 Great post! I agree that we seem to have a warped idea of what is "normal" or what we "need" in retirement. Indeed, all of retirement planning, it seems, revolves around trying to hit a "magic number" that allows you to retire and never work again by age 65. But I agree with you. That's not really my goal. My husband and I are actually working on plans that allow for some mini-retirements along the way so that we can enjoy life while we're young. It's why I'm a writer and he's working to become a consultant; these are flexible jobs that let us do a lot of what we want now -- rather than waiting until we're much older. Great post! I agree that we seem to have a warped idea of what is “normal” or what we “need” in retirement. Indeed, all of retirement planning, it seems, revolves around trying to hit a “magic number” that allows you to retire and never work again by age 65. But I agree with you. That’s not really my goal. My husband and I are actually working on plans that allow for some mini-retirements along the way so that we can enjoy life while we’re young. It’s why I’m a writer and he’s working to become a consultant; these are flexible jobs that let us do a lot of what we want now — rather than waiting until we’re much older.

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