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If you follow your own advice and end up with a huge ETF portfolio, there will come a point where you can buy an undrinkable amount of wine and an unwearable nu

• giorgioz 5y ago
  > go to enjoy it while you have it I did and I do, I lived in 15 countries 6 months each while nomading and founding my company for 10 years. I've already had more adventures than the vast majority of people ever will. After some crazy 20ies I'm now having some serious 30s. Raising 2 kids and working hard on my boostrapped company. I'm setting the stage for another round of wild achievements. > unwearable number of watches The thinks I want can't be bought. They can be made with a huge amount of money and work. I would never be satisfied in buying a great object, I would rather make a mediocre one I made myself. Some people want watches and wine, some people want to go to Mars, to populate the oceans, dig tunnels, build awesome stuff, fix an illness for all humanity and generations to come. I'm sure you and most hacker news are closer to 2nd group.