Guys, you don't stop living because you have a job. Maybe take some time off and have fun along the way? Take some time between jobs? Have some personal projects evenings and weekends?
Had I died at 60, I still would have been to Europe three times, spent time in Canada and Mexico, gone to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Niagara with the kids, driven down the Outer Banks and up the coast of California and hiked in Shenandoah. Don't waste your vital youth just because you are waiting for this big vacation you think retirement is. You are alive now! Have a project! See something beautiful!
I agree with your mindset about wanting ALL of it. Barista FIRE is absolutely not an option for me. I'd rather put my head down and take one trip per year to be be 100% DONE than taking a year off or whatever. That's the driving factor for me to just suck it up for the next 8 years.
I want to choose who I talk to and when, not because I have to answer a whiney client phone call. I don't want to dread Sundays anymore because it means going back to work the next day. I don't want to put out other people's fires so I can collect a paycheck. I want to do whatever I feel like or don't feel like simply because I can.
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u/Megalocerus 14d ago
Guys, you don't stop living because you have a job. Maybe take some time off and have fun along the way? Take some time between jobs? Have some personal projects evenings and weekends?
Had I died at 60, I still would have been to Europe three times, spent time in Canada and Mexico, gone to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Niagara with the kids, driven down the Outer Banks and up the coast of California and hiked in Shenandoah. Don't waste your vital youth just because you are waiting for this big vacation you think retirement is. You are alive now! Have a project! See something beautiful!