Exactly - for me, investment is less about "making it big" and "beating the market," and more about, "storing the value of the work I did to earn this $X." Suc

Exactly - for me, investment is less about "making it big" and "beating the market," and more about, "storing the value of the work I did to earn this $X." Such that, if the "burn rate" for my household today is $60k/yr, and I store $60k in investments, then when I withdraw at some future date $X will still be enough to support my household for a year.