Why Purpose Why Purpose Beats Pina Coladas Every Time

Retirement is marketed to us as this dreamy sepia toned picture of a lounge chair on a beach with a Pina colada and I’m here to crush that dream haha.

If that is what you think of retirement you are going to be in for a rude awakening.

As someone who has tried to live this lifestyle of retirement there are 2 things that are going to destroy your beach idleness.

1. The runs — it’s only a matter of time with the amount of drinks you are having

2. Boredom — sitting idle is not what got you to financial freedom and I will eventually creep in.

The most I’m able to sit on a beach and do nothing is approximately 11ish days. Any day after 11 days I start to feel bored.

You know what’s a crazy sad fact. When people ‘retire’ into nothingness after having working their whole life they die shortly after.

How sad is that! Here is the reason why — you lose purpose. Now if you know me you know that I believe your purpose should be much different and greater than working a 9–5 job for a corporation.

But many people avoid finding their purpose or something that fulfills them throughout their life so it eventually becomes their work and when they stop working they feel like they lose their…