Early Retirement....

I turned 50 in 2007 and have been thinking about early retirement for some time now. Genetically, I am programmed to expire in my early sixties and this is the right time to start thinking about it. So that I have a few years in hand before geriatric illnesses start making things difficult. There are so many lives that I have yet to live and so many places still to visit!

Actually, I have been semi-retired for the past few years now. In the sense that I do not have to follow any set schedules or time tables. The business does not require my constant attention any more and perhaps I have lost the drive to expand it. Financially, I have the capability to sustain a good enough standard of life if I dispose of the business and convert it to cash. Because although I have lived all my life here, I do not feel at home in this place. I wait for the time when I will be able to pack up and leave, to live in freedom and in pursuit of happiness.

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The apostate

A life unchronicled is a life half-lived..... That is a tongue-in-cheek quote from the apostate. She is one of those people who cram so much more living into their single life-span than quite a few of us ordinary beings can manage collectively.   You have to read her blog to know what she is all about.

Just imagine, a Pakistani girl, growing up in  Saudi Arabia and leaving the shelter of her family home in every sense of the word, while just a teenager, and successfully carving out her own niche in life according to her own rules, in the West.   It is an achievement very few would be able to match and I applaud her for that.   It would be an injustice to her if I did not applaud her writing as well, though!    She writes like an accomplished writer and I wish her all the best in life.