SecondCor521
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Last year I tried to climb Borah Peak, the highest point in my home state of Idaho. I got to within about 1,000 feet of the summit and was turned back by lightning storms.
This year, I adjusted my plans to improve my odds of success, and I was able to make it to the top.
I found myself with a strange indifference when I was within about 200 feet of the summit. Why? Because I knew I was going to make it to my goal.
I am 41 and am similarly getting that same indifferent feeling with regard to FI. Why? I think it is because, barring my death or absolute financial cataclysm, I will reach FI. Maybe in 25 months if things go surprisingly well. In about 58 months if things go as they have been going. Maybe longer if I lose my job or something, but almost certainly by age 50. Which is still pretty dang early anyhow.
Maybe I won't make it to FI at all, but the point is it seems to me like I most probably will, and with that opinion in my head, the appeal of reaching for the goal sort of fades.
Not burned out particularly, don't mind my job too much, health is reasonably good, not really looking for advice, just wanted to write that thought out.
2Cor521
This year, I adjusted my plans to improve my odds of success, and I was able to make it to the top.
I found myself with a strange indifference when I was within about 200 feet of the summit. Why? Because I knew I was going to make it to my goal.
I am 41 and am similarly getting that same indifferent feeling with regard to FI. Why? I think it is because, barring my death or absolute financial cataclysm, I will reach FI. Maybe in 25 months if things go surprisingly well. In about 58 months if things go as they have been going. Maybe longer if I lose my job or something, but almost certainly by age 50. Which is still pretty dang early anyhow.
Maybe I won't make it to FI at all, but the point is it seems to me like I most probably will, and with that opinion in my head, the appeal of reaching for the goal sort of fades.
Not burned out particularly, don't mind my job too much, health is reasonably good, not really looking for advice, just wanted to write that thought out.
2Cor521