I want to be millenialom when I retire

The success is measured - the number of zeros in the bank, or the ability to do whatever you want? Do I have to wait until retirement to get their freedom, or you can live from the very beginning, and whether you can call it a success in life?

In an article published in The New York Times, the father of the young American artist Dolfish told how it refers to a career and way of life of his son, whose success is not about money, but in the freedom to do what I want to.

My son - 25-year-old singer-songwriter, who uses the pseudonym Dolfish. When my friends asked how his career progresses, I say, "There's a girl in Indiana did Dolfish tattoo on his arm," although it's certainly not a very precise answer.

They know that Max was signed to indie label in '23, he has toured extensively, and it was mentioned on some of the major music sites, and even the major magazines. They know it all just because I sometimes take off their different links, for example: "In the Paste Magazine wrote that Max really strong performer" or another, from American Songwriter, in which Max is described as "the owner of a unique voice and text thinking" (probably "a text thought" this is something good).

And that my friends do not know is how to measure such achievements in a single scale for most of us - on the specific amount of money.

Frankly, in this format, I do not know how successful a career of Max. That there is a tattoo on his forearm dvadtsatiletki in the state of medium size in the Midwest?

What words to measure success?

Eskimos half of the vocabulary used to describe the Arctic snow or other weather conditions, because it is most important to them. So can we invent another language, which will contain only numbers? It is the universal language of our time, but how it will be poor!

Or is it better to write a word that denotes "never have to sit in a meeting and listen to the long boring reports." Or this: to describe their level of success, you're talking about the expression, which means that every day you are doing only what you love.

Max wakes up, when he wants and does what he likes. It avoids most of the things that are constantly complaining about successful people: crazy race from one deadline to another unreal, meaningless conversations and committees, all of which time all complicate.

He does not want much, if only because he knows - the only way to be rich, want it small.

And it does not take money from my parents. If the tour, he did not earn enough money to live on them, the next few months, Max earns teaching.

Freedom - retired

Recently, while I was on vacation, I was sitting on the beach with his 62-year-old friend Dale, hospital administrator and a successful person, to whatever side you look. He lamented that our vacation is about to end and have to return to their daily work.

Against the background of these emotions, Dale said he was going to do in retirement, "I will wake up when I want to ride a bike, read on - I like to read. I also want to learn to play the dulcimer. What if I need more money, I have a few hours a week I will work physiotherapist. It was my first career, and first love, until I got an MBA and a position of leadership. "

I then thought, "I think Dale and describes the life of Max?"

When I retire, I'd like to about the same as my friend - to live as he lived in his 20 years, he has not yet become "successful." I want to write novels, and maybe work part-time at the university. And travel. Everything that I wanted, but could not do while I was young and poor.

So, we live and learn. But in the course of his training, I sometimes worried about Max. whether he would ever be able to get a bank loan? Will be lucky family on vacation? And could it even afford a family? If so, will he have health insurance, and everything else you need for a decent life? After all, it is not always purchased through your favorite career, before you go to retire, to do whatever you want.

I also worried about whether he will be able to find a job if his music career over? In short, whether it will ever be the same as we are?

But for now, when people ask me about Max's career, I say to them: "It is out of the system. He lives like a millionaire in retirement. "