[mark_l_watson]

I am more like Mr. Money Mustache. When I was 47 my wife and I sold a nice house just north of the Del Mar Race Track, and moved into a tiny but really nice house in Sedona Arizona. Major downsizing.

As it turned out, I got bored in retirement and in the last 15 years I have written a bunch of books, consulted for some great companies like Google, but the difference is that I have had a lot of freedom now, and probably averaged less than 10 hours per week, not including writing, in the last 15 years.

I have to admit to a lot of curiousity about how Google's CFO will do after a few years of leasure - I hope he enjoys his travels!

[imjk]

Just out of curiosity, how has your income from these more, I assume, passion-based writing projects and consulting jobs compared to the income from your original profession that allowed you to initially retire in the first place?

[mark_l_watson]

I made much more money when working for large companies, on site or as an employee. I don't charge much when working remotely unless a customer wants me to be always available during working hours in which case I charge onsite rates. Working onsite at Google in 2013 paid well but cost of living in Silicon Valley is very expensive. Where I live in Arizona, life is much less expensive than in California. BTW, I just came back from a 2 1/2 hour hike in the local mountains with five friends. Having this freedom is worth so much more to me than extra income.