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But his goal has one obvious fundamental flaw. What do you do when you get there?
I’ve been in contact with Alan Corey recently and yes the millionaire still lives in the cramped, windowless closet he calls a bedroom.

The guy has 20 years of above-average income (50k) just socked away somewhere. He accomplished his dream, he wrote the book, he’s still living in a hole trying to make more money. Does he have any goals other than making money?

Money is not some type of self-fulfilling goal. Does he talk about how much money he’ll need before buying himself a nice place and undertaking his favorite hobbies?

FT, I read this site b/c it’s the million dollar journey, not the million dollar suffering or the million dollar list of sacrifices. You have a baby on the way, you live in a nice house, maintain a top-notch blog, work a professional 9-5 that you actually find engaging.

Maybe it’s just me, but this review doesn’t make me want to read the book at all. I like stories of goal accomplishment, but now that he’s a millionaire, I’d really like to know what he’s doing next, b/c I’m really not a fan of the ever growing cycle of money goals.

http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/01/15/a-million-bucks-by-30-an-interview/

I’m one of the lucky few (I guess) that enjoy their jobs. My goal is to have a million or so by 35, but not retire until my 50’s. Even then, I plan to freelance and do contract work.

After living on peanut butter sandwiches and never taking a vacation all through university. I’m willing to have that one nice trip every year if it means that I don’t reach the million dollar club until I’m in my mid 30’s.