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Quote from jd4540
Quote from Re3iRtH
Your post hit me hard. I called it quits at age 37 – glad I saw through the BS. Comparison and keeping up with the Jonses is a disease.
Two weeks ago I did a Virgin Voyages cruise through Spain and France. $5K/room with a balcony and hammock, everything on the boat included. I booked two rooms – for my parents and my girlfriend and I. 2 months before that I did the 4 day, 45km, 4200m+ elevation, Inca trail to Machu Picchu. I couldn’t have done this if I didn’t take 8 months off after the military to travel. Those are experiences I will remember forever.
Life is not lived measuring a lung nodule to make worthless currency. If people figured out how money / currency actually worked they wouldn’t be so obsessed with trading their time for dollars.
I likely missed something but you retired after working 5-6 years as a radiologist and can still afford 10K vacation?
I think he is independently wealthy from real estate investing.
