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I don't expect to ever be able to retire unless I get truly wealthy. This is a fairly ugly thing. I'm not sure what I would do if I lost my health or my skills
by api 13y ago
I don't expect to ever be able to retire unless I get truly wealthy.
This is a fairly ugly thing. I'm not sure what I would do if I lost my health or my skills fell too far out of date for me to catch up.
And I'm one of the lucky ones. I have actual earning power. Most of my cohorts do not.
I can't imagine this ending well.
- rodedwards 13y ago"I don't expect to ever be able to retire unless I get truly wealthy." Why not?
- jrockway 13y agoI guess he's saying he won't save money until he has an excess, as though anyone ever has an excess of money. ("But I need my own 767!")
- contingencies 13y agoExpectations can be managed. My strategy is flee to the developing world and learn some languages, make some friends, get used to being out of my own culture and familiar with other ways of living. I could beat myself up about office hours and mortgages back home to collect the dream, but it's just not worth it. You only live once.