Finally got back to this … This concept of “enough” is just critical to my own decision to retire and reshape my life away from the corporate work world I had ceased to be satisfied by. My wife and I made quite a study of “enough”: how much we really needed to live on in a given year; what allowances we’d want to afford ourselves over the course of time; and then the key question of whether we had accumulated enough assets to kick free of what I lovingly call the “bullshit machine.” For us, COVID was the big clarifier: it ended work travel, forced us to cook at home, redefined how we’d entertain ourselves, and utterly clarified that we had enough. If you’re looking for someone to talk with about this journey, I’m your man. And I could bring Sara in too, because we don’t make a single decision about money separately.
Finally got back to this … This concept of “enough” is just critical to my own decision to retire and reshape my life away from the corporate work world I had ceased to be satisfied by. My wife and I made quite a study of “enough”: how much we really needed to live on in a given year; what allowances we’d want to afford ourselves over the course of time; and then the key question of whether we had accumulated enough assets to kick free of what I lovingly call the “bullshit machine.” For us, COVID was the big clarifier: it ended work travel, forced us to cook at home, redefined how we’d entertain ourselves, and utterly clarified that we had enough. If you’re looking for someone to talk with about this journey, I’m your man. And I could bring Sara in too, because we don’t make a single decision about money separately.
Hey Rick, thanks for the mention, I'm looking forward to the next series!
Keep doing what you’re doing!
Gosh Rick, that was a hell of a nice thing of you to say. Thanks.
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