Anyone not want to retire?
Most folks goal, seems to be, to retire as soon as possible. It has been my experience, that, for many folks retiring was the greatest thing they ever did. But for others it is the worst thing they ...
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pnichols wrote:
If you were born independently wealthy - would you just for the fun of it work at a job keeping the hours, fighting the traffic, missing the precious moments of your kids growing up, etc. ... for decades just to have something to do?
Having the career I did and looking back? - yeah, no question about it, I would. :B In fact, I'd give anything to be Marty McFly and be able to go back in time 40 yrs just so I could do it all over again. That's unrealistic of course but it does sometimes scare me now to think that had things gone differently I might have ended up in some sort of pedestrian occupation, have missed all those wonderful experiences entirely, and I'd be just like almost everyone else here in this discussion expressing such reverence for the idea of retirement, the sooner the better. Whether being independently wealthy has anything to do with it I'm not sure because wealthy or poor those determined to find something they really enjoy usually seem to find their way and in my experience it's a path which rarely includes any thoughts of early retirement.
