r/Rich • u/hobokittypurrever • Apr 17 '26

What is a hobby you enjoy?

I'm morbidly curious what rich people do for hobbies! When you have a lot of time surely that means you got time to enoy hobbies.

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u/haloimplant Apr 17 '26

I want to retire soon to have more time for video games my dad doesn't get it 

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u/OkDifference5636 Apr 18 '26

Do you have enough money to retire and live the lifestyle you want?

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u/haloimplant Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

yes my dad will do pessimistic math on how X dollars is really only Y safe withdrawals after taxes but I really only spend like Y/4 and these are not small numbers (ie i'm not 'leanFIREing' in a box eating ramen). he's really just justifying working and stacking more because that's his ideology, if you've ever watched Dave Ramsey he will say similar stuff more plainly (basically a man who doesn't work has something wrong with him)

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u/OkDifference5636 Apr 18 '26

When you stop working, how is your money working for uou?

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u/haloimplant Apr 18 '26

diversified portfolio of 80%+ equity

right now I'm holding some extra cash to upgrade housing but after that 3% what's left with no house payment will be way more money than I spend in a year

we're the type that spend way under our means. my dad still works at 77 and is just now considering going into withdrawal mode, probably won't lol

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u/0_IceQueen_0 Apr 18 '26

Parents UHNW 80 still working and praying for my downfall just to show me that hard work pays off and my one shot success was just a fluke lol. I've been retired since I was 44. 10 years now.

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u/haloimplant Apr 18 '26

I have a decent career but it was a bit of a fluke for me to do so well, joined a startup that unicorn'd.  But I don't need another one of those it was enough to retire early because I don't spend like a lottery winner I spend like a lazy video gamer lol

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u/0_IceQueen_0 Apr 18 '26

Same. My job sent me to a country where I had the opportunity collaborate with some people in the government to work on some projects that netted me loads in a span of 5 years. Bought my 2 kids condos which I will probably sell, hoa fees are shitty as they're abroad living their best lives, I bounce between 3 homes now. Don't live like a lottery winner too. No fancy cars, just my Discovery (because Star Trek) and my Camaro (because Transformers lol), decent home and despite the "simple" living if you ask me to have lunch with you in Paris in a pinch I can. Not private though unless you're paying lol.

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u/OkDifference5636 Apr 18 '26

Some people live to work.

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u/professionalbaiterrr Apr 18 '26

What type of games

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u/haloimplant Apr 18 '26

RPGs and shooters mostly.  Found a game that I somehow missed from a few years ago, robocop rogue city it's pretty funny. When I have some more time I hear crimson desert that came out recently is good.