It's a long time since I've ever read any of his stuff, but I remember reading his early stuff and he said how he'd "retired" and then started doing handyman jobs and his wife did x, y and z to make some extra money.

That's not retired.

That's just changing your career. Of course it's relevant. He's still earning to make money to do more stuff, he just changed the way he does its.

Now he makes money off blogging. That's, again, just changing your career.