How to retire on a thousand bucks a month

GOAL: retire at 55, travel and do more creative work

Step 1: Cut living expenses

• Buy twenty-year-old motorhome for $10,000 cash.
• Sell condo. No more mortgage, taxes and condo fees. Cool!
• Take to the road full-time.

Step 2: Gimme money!

Ohmigod! My pension isn't enough! What am I gonna live on?
Cook up various harebrained schemes:

• Volunteer as a campground host
• Become rich selling one-of-a-kind Pez dispensers
• Become a famous art quilter like Holly Knott (fat chance!)
• Write books and self-publish
• Do freelance graphics work for clients like New Media Learning
• Write software manuals for Bruce Gee

Step 3: Get connected!

• Cell phone plus USB data cable: cheap but slow
• WiFi: cheap, fast, but limited range
• Satellite broadband: fast and works anywhere, but expensive