> What i'm seeing here is that you just need to figure out what per hour rate is after tax, and use that to make quick calculations based on your local market.

> What i'm seeing here is that you just need to figure out what per hour rate is after tax, and use that to make quick calculations based on your local market. Yep, it's a whole chapter in the book I wrote on the topic of working less to live your dreams. The other thing to realize is that when you are spending money, you are spending the time you have left in your life. You can never, ever get that time back, so spending should be very precious. It's quite a mind-shift, but once you make it you'll never be able to go back.