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Originally Posted by cstreit
I did exactly the same about 4 years ago.
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Good for you. I think I would have been
really good at smoking.
Your original question is an interesting one. I have trouble wrapping my head around the nostalgia of not making as much in my younger years and seemingly being just fine with it at the time.
I suspect anything above the base 'burden' (housing, healthcare, food, etc) is pretty personal as to what would lead to a fulfilling life. We're similar age, kids etc so the near term college expense, health insurance, etc is a bit of a load in the 50's.
I struggle with the concept of drawing down before SS/Medicare kick in so some sort of part time/lower stress income stream to stay reasonably net worth neutral until that point seems to make sense to me.
My spreadsheet works a lot better for retirement if my wife keeps working.
