RobbieB
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Now here's one I think will find great favor here.
This study shows that successful retirees never stop saving. And they save a lot too, 25 to 35 percent of income. Just keep on stacking cash even though they don't have to.
I really do think that I'm a sort of rare bird able to "blow some dough" after a lifetime of frugality. Maybe it was because my wife died at 60? Or maybe because I'm INTP and not INTJ? I dunno.
I do know that I don't want to die with a 2 mill net worth. I don't really see much difference between the spendthrift that lives in poverty because he's broke or the millionaire that appears to live in poverty because he just refuses to "have fun", can't "turn off" the savings habit. One side can't save and the other side can't spend.
Weird. Somewhere between the 2 extremes must be the "happy middle" eh?
This study shows that successful retirees never stop saving. And they save a lot too, 25 to 35 percent of income. Just keep on stacking cash even though they don't have to.
I really do think that I'm a sort of rare bird able to "blow some dough" after a lifetime of frugality. Maybe it was because my wife died at 60? Or maybe because I'm INTP and not INTJ? I dunno.
I do know that I don't want to die with a 2 mill net worth. I don't really see much difference between the spendthrift that lives in poverty because he's broke or the millionaire that appears to live in poverty because he just refuses to "have fun", can't "turn off" the savings habit. One side can't save and the other side can't spend.
Weird. Somewhere between the 2 extremes must be the "happy middle" eh?