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The problem with the extremes of this logic is that if you scrimp and save and live poor to get to that 75% savings rate... you still have to live poor for the

• danielweber 14y ago
  You can raise your lifestyle over time. Given the hedonic treadmill, you are more likely to feel happiness from any increase in your standard of living, but you reset to your prior level of happiness. So make your bumps in standard of living as small as possible.
• gte910h 14y ago
  Nope. 10 years later you can go screw it all, and still have 35k in passive income a year and a huge nest egg. You're also probably think 35k in an expensive place, where he lives in a random suburb of boulder I think.
  • smackfu 14y ago
    Or you could be dead in 10 years.
    • gte910h 14y ago
      Yes, sure you could. Highly unlikely though. You probably have decades left.
• hudibras 14y ago
  And never have to work another day in your life, don't forget.