The Reality of Full-Time?
Hi everyone, I've been reading and appreciating all the helpful comments and conversation here on the subject of living the RV life. My boyfriend and I, both in our mid-30s, are considering a hard lef...
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kcmoedoe wrote:X2 on this whole post (snipped).
... Dropping out of the 'ratrace", working odd jobs and generally just drifting along is going to have lifetime implications that most likely cannot be reversed should you later decide you made a bad decision.
Decisions like this are often made with the 'live for today' attitude, but with that comes serious long-term consequences. If you stay in this lifestyle too long, it will be your lifestyle, forever.
I am comfortably retired, but I didn't earn that by doing just what I felt like at the time. I have many musician friends who are struggling now in their 60s, and 'live for today' isn't so glamorous anymore. I do not envy them, although there was a time I did. By all means, if there's something you can do career-wise, that affords you a secure future, do that now.
Do you really want to work until you drop? That's, unfortunately, often the reality.
