Living the Good Life on $24,000 a Year? Retire in Your 20’s or 30’s?

[bluebooger]

$20 per month for car insurance ?
where does this example person live that car insurance is so low

$30 Gasoline (Prius 50mpg, no work commute)
not with these current gas prices

$0 Health Care (Obamacare)
I'd be surprised if anyone who owns their own home, and has $24k in retirement income qualifies for Obamacare

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... The plan, as it was outlined, seems to put you in a position where you're essentially doing nothing all day, every day.  It doesn't actually allow you to do anything you want, it simply removes employment from your life. ...

volunteer at an after school program and tutor math (I did that for a year)           

hike the Continental Divide Trail (I would LOVE to do that if I didn't have to work)

volunteer at a hospital (I did that for about 6 months - escorted patients around the hospital, restocked the supply closet in the ER, defrosted the refrigerator in the staff break room, they even decided they were going to teach me to draw blood LOL)

volunteer at a summer camp (I quit my job once and spent the spring, summer and fall at a camp in upstate NY -- spent the spring hooking up the plumbing, painting the cabins, getting the pool ready -- spent the summer teaching fishing and frog catching to a bunch of 8 year old kids -most fun I have EVER had- and spent the fall closing the camp -disconnecting the plumbing, draining the pool, locking everything up -- did it all for the room and board -one of the best 7 months ever)

teach English as a Second Language -- I volunteered in China Town in NYC for one week teaching English to Asian immigrants
had to quit when it became obvious that 75% of them were single women who were looking to get married
it was just too weird

but there is PLENTY you could do if you looked around