tragusa3 wrote:
winnietrey, I wonder why its so rare to see/hear this viewpoint? I so appreciate you sharing. You're about 15 years ahead of us. I'm trying hard to not have the regret with my own children. Wish you were closer, I'd enjoy sitting around the campfire and listening!
Simple, and in my opinion, the true answer " no money in it" Everything we read is from financial advisers who tell you how to retire. Not How to live your life. That would not pay much for them.
If you have time, and the inclination, research the history of retirement. You may find, as I did, it has little to do with us worker bees, it has to do with companies, believing younger workers are more cost effective, Governments that don't want young, un-employed young people roaming the streets, and the whole retirement industry.
I always laugh when, I see the picture of the retired folks on the bow of a sailboat, sipping wine, like we are going to be 18 again.
My best advice follow your heart, decide what it is you want, google things like why retire
You will figure it out. Do what you want, not what the conventional herd wisdom tells you to do, and god forbid the retirement/ financial industry. Cuze they are in it for them, not you