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Thank you O Oracles and Sages Whether or not there is a "disconnect" between me and the average poster on the board, I don't know. The benefit of the board seems to me that there are a lot of people at different stages of life and different financial situations, which is a good thing. What...

Back to check-in Thought I'd check in and update. It's been a few months. Thanks all posters. I'm 51, still grinding away at practice of law although seem to have entered a recession-related slowdown lately, so earnings have dropped off, key associate lawyer I work with leaving to go in-house...

SEC lawyer: Thanks for post. I read it a long time ago, but was at the time involved in a bunch of s hearing at about the same, so I had no time to reply. I have been thinking about your post nevertheless ever since. I appreciate your post and thank others for their useful and interesting...

Hi Danmar Danmar: Thought I'd say hello, because you posted two helpful posts on my thread "50 year old lawyer seeks enlightenment..." a week or two ago, about importance of tracking expenses, and on the metaphysical issues involved in giving up work-status cold turkey. (Plus you're a Canuck...

Thanks everyone Again, I would like to thank every one for their comments. Recent posts on theimportance of tracking expenses and low hassle ways of doing it were especially useful. I told my wife about the board and I'll get her to read the thread, plus I'll probably re-read it myself...

I logged in toward end of working day, expecting maybe one person would have posted some flippant answer to my post. Instead, I find many responses, every single one intelligent and thought provoking. I'm taken aback! Thanks guys! It's going to take some time to get my head around all the...

Hi. I’m 50 year old lawyer. Wife same age, home with 4 kids aged 11 – 19. Downtown Toronto Canada. House paid off in 1999 (mortgage interest not deductible here in great white north, so greater incentive to pay it off asap). No debt. Savings, mostly in equities, $4 million (above and beyond...