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the tricky thing is that not acting on what you find interesting trains you not to do it in the future. It becomes less a matter of resources
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$100K lets you take up an interesting/expensive hobby. To change your career, you need "fuck you" money, so you can quit your job and still pay your mortgage and send the kids to college and retire even if "more interesting" doesn't pay. Millions, for sure.
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Do you mean what I'm actually doing, or what I could do using capital I control rather than as an employee? US$200k and U$20k respectively. I kind of did do that when I had US$20k but it wasn't self-sustaining.
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$1B, prosthetics research $100M, bring quality food to my people (new hampshire) $10M, uncanney money valley, maybe devote life to crafts and localist helpings $1M idk, buy a banana?
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I quit my bigcorp job in 2016 w/ savings in the ballpark of what you proposed, to fund myself to do "something more interesting". It wasn't enough, had to start consulting part-time. I would suggest 2 years of all expenses.
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My thoughts drift to service and/or local politics, spots no so much in need of capital but with limited earnings potential attached. So 'how much I need' comes down to nest egg sufficient to maintain current std. of living for my family. Not original response, but likely common?
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