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Show Y a - 6 2 7 “Every service or skill you can not oerform yourself must either be done withoutor paid for Janet demonstrates on Gordonone of the penny-pinching te " the authors advise. Here, in their paradise setting, she's earned. By Gordon andJanet Groene Howto Retire Before 40— By a Couple WhoDid Exactly That Alot of people muse about earlyretirement: sunny latitudes, independence, time to think and do and drift... Wouldn't it be great? Of course it would. Andas a couple we had done morethan our share of dreaming and scheming about such an event. But there is one thing that sets us apart from most other people. Impulsively, audaciously, we “Wehaveretired with today’s priceless luxuries of clean air and water, and ofquiet. And the wonderfulright to move on to new adveniures or warmerweather. And independence— the true independenceof doing for yourself. Thatis the kind of retirement you or any family can enjoy together right now—if youarewillingto doit.” “Why would a 38-year-old man re- nouncehis position, his Porsche and a training?” ovr friends asked. “" would any womanat 31 choose to give 6 Family Weekly, August 29, 1971 one day! Except when wearein port, we seldom have refrigeration, hot showers or fresh lettuce. The galicy is the size of a telephone booth, and we do all our own maintenance. Summers, our homeis a 21-foot diesel motorhome where we have more mov- made our dream cometrue. Four years ago, we sold our home andcars, gave up Gordon's fine job as a corporaticn pilot, said good-bye to treasured coworkers and neighbors and ran away to sea! sloop in stoop-shouldered quarters that would send most American couplesscutting back to the corporate rat-raceafter ing together. And the third was that we ing-around room ‘than on the boat, but had known of so many couples who had farless storage area. Again, we are independentof big-city pipes and wires and services, so we must attend to all our ownneeds. This doesn’t mean we don't have up her laundry machines, her antiques, her bathtub?” While it may have been hard for people to understand, we had waited too long for their somedays, and our reasons. Thefirst was what wecalled “creeping suddenly it was too late. We vowed that this would never happen to us! pollution” and the fact that taking a bigger bite out of pay. The second was that we rated often by business—and undet a palmtree. We divide our time between two homes. Winters, we live aboard a 29-foot Danish-built sailing taxes kept take-home were sepawe like be- By retirement, we don’t meanlolling luxuries. We do! We have today's price- less luxuries of clean water and air, and of quiet. And the wonderful right to |
