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Originally Posted by mathjak107 Im pretty sure when we retire we will spend more than we do working. At least in the early years anyway. If your active and enjoy doing things time cost money and one thing we will have plenty of is time.* Geesh we cant go out the door on a saturday without dropping a hundred bucks somewhere somehow. Just meeting the kids for a diner lunch is 50 bucks.

Our total spending is far less now than during our working years yet we're far more active.

We don't have to buy commuter gas or pay for driving cars 7000 miles/year, we don't have a housecleaner, we're not hiring crews to trim the trees or deal with the green waste, we're not using after-school care, we're not paying for drycleaning... you get the idea.

I find that my entitlement mentality is disappearing. I no longer spend money with the logic of "I've been working really really hard so I deserve this!!" Instead it's "Hmmm, I could spend my time doing this or that. Which am I more interested in?" Our entertainment budget has gone up, but it's a far better thing to be entertaining yourself with surfing & martial arts than to be splurging wads of cash for resort vacations, spa treatments, bar hopping, & fancy dinners.

Enjoying your time doesn't have to cost money-- it's your choice.