Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way

by Tanja Hester

Instead of using our money to buy us more things and treat ourselves to cope with the stress of working—as the standard script tells us we’re supposed to—we can use that money to buy our way out of the standard work system altogether.

When we recognize that the money we earn can in turn be used to buy back our future time, it’s suddenly much easier to determine what feels worth our money and what doesn’t.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. —WARREN BUFFETT