[tangomonster]

After 52 years of worrying and tormenting myself with the "what-ifs," I think I can make what will hopefully be the second half of my life more enjoyable by retiring early.
This just feels right---it's the culmination of what we have worked so hard for (and we have worked very hard, even if our salaries don't reflect it---people at the bottom often have to work harder and for less money and perks and with so much more grief than those higher up) and "sacrificed" for (I put quotes around sacrifice because we really didn't do without that we which we really needed and wanted---
just didn't want a lot---a modest condo has always made perfect sense to us).

How nice it is to communicate with like-minded people who understand that there's more to life than accumulating and spending! The priorities and values on this board are much more reflective of (at least in my opinion) life is meant to be, not what it has become for most of society....