Paul Jacobsen Blog » retire http://pauljacobsen.org Talk About Electronics Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:08:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Guide To Living Cheap…These Lifestyles Are Cheap and Fun http://pauljacobsen.org/2010020809-guide-to-living-cheap-these-lifestyles-are-cheap-and-fun.html http://pauljacobsen.org/2010020809-guide-to-living-cheap-these-lifestyles-are-cheap-and-fun.html#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:54:56 +0000 Gary P. Pierce http://pauljacobsen.org/2010020809-guide-to-living-cheap-these-lifestyles-are-cheap-and-fun.html A good guide to living cheap will contain retirement lifestyles that are fun as well. For the last fifteen years, the writer and wife have enjoyed lifestyles you may not have considered for retirement. Take a look and see if they do not seem like a lot of fun. You can too with the information on how we did it.

1) Our favorite and most adventurous frugal lifestyle was living on a sailboat…we enjoyed sailboat cruising in the Caribbean for eight wonderful years. It was not only fun we only spent around a $1,000 a month once in the islands. Why that cheap? Anchoring is free…no cash registers in sight…and the view was better than people paying $600 a night in a fancy resort 100 yards from our boat.

2) Full time RV is a great frugal retirement lifestyle. If you enjoy traveling without the hassle of packing and unpacking, give it a try. Monthly rent was around $450…pretty cheap including utilities. We used the RV as a means of finding a permanent retirement home. You can enjoy this fun, frugal retirement lifestyle too.

3) Live Overseas…we did for eight years. It is fun, cheap, safe and interesting. Currently one million Americans are living in Mexico. You can live very well here for $1500 to $2000 a month…including a maid…and health insurance which is $270 a year. You are three times more likely to a victim of violent crime in Mexico vs the US. Jimmy Buffett is right folks…changes in latitude changes in attitude.

4) Downsizing…when we moved from a 1800 square foot home to a 35 foot sailboat…about 50 square feet of space where you can stand up. You quickly find out that you can do without 98% of your stuff…and that is conservative. Downsizing from a big house to a condo is a piece of cake.

Still think you can not afford to retire? You need the guide to living cheap. We have experienced all four lifestyles mentioned. You can do this too. Want more information?

Need to learn more from the guide to living cheap? For more information on fun and frugal ways to retire go to frugal retirement living. Do not quit on retirement until you get all the facts.

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