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This sounds hellish to me. Sacrifice family/social life for a decade merely so that you can be relatively well off in the EU... assuming that inflation or inter
by dcminter 3y ago
This sounds hellish to me. Sacrifice family/social life for a decade merely so that you can be relatively well off in the EU... assuming that inflation or international cataclysm doesn't eat the value of your savings?
Versus... just live with a good work/life balance in the EU in the first place?
- lotsofpulp 3y agoWages do not keep up with inflation, assets do. The sacrifice is to secure enough assets to move up in levels of “security” (such as security of being able to procure medical/legal/education/land/other services that are beyond most wage earner’s capacity. Although, it is also a perfectly reasonable move to not gamble on that and instead spend time with your family or friends or whatnot. Just depends what an individual wants to bet on.
- beeeeerp 3y agoTo each their own, but I’m one of those people hoarding to retire (albeit at a slower burn rate than the original poster). I’m just not built for a 9-5 (or seemingly structured work for that matter). I do enjoy what I’m doing, but I can’t wait to sleep in every day and be spontaneous about my plans. I went on sabbatical for half a year a while back, and it changed me. I can’t wait to get back in that frame of mind. I’ll probably pick up some work/hobbies for fun, but I don’t like work to dictate my life. I’m working towards every day being a mini vacation. My work/life balance is also already very good, but it would be a lot better IMO if I could take off randomly for a month and fill my time with whatever suits me at that moment.