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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, it's also important to keep things in perspective.

One of my colleagues found out about a terminal stage IV cancer diagnosis in her late 50s. Someone who had lived conservatively and done everything by the book, to a tee, seemed relatively healthy for age, and thought she just had GERD till imaging said otherwise.

When she told us, one of her first comments after relaying the facts of the matter were, with voice trembling with tears:

"All those of years of saving so much in my 401k... for what??"[/quote]

Thank you for posting this. People don’t understand how to have balance in life. People are either spendthrifts or deny themselves every little thing that makes life worth living. My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer two years after retiring - after he spent decades looking forward to retirement. What’s the point in our lives? Frugality just so we can travel during retirement? How about traveling with DCs and building memories? We’ve traveled so much in our lives (together, as a family), I certainly don’t see the need to catch up when I’m 65. [/quote]

I get two weeks' vacation a year. I have the money but not enough time to travel before I retire.[/quote]

That’s sad - I am being sincere. I would never accept a job that only offers 2 weeks vacation. You need to negotiate this, that’s no way to live. I sometimes envy the people on DCUM that have 6 weeks (do they even live in the US or are they posting from EU, lol). But try to get 4 weeks so you can unwind with your family.[/quote]

Even the CEO only gets 2 weeks a year (startup).  My kids are grown :-( so they are not available to unwind with, except for 3 days at Christmas. Don't worry, only about two more years and I'll be done with full time work.[/quote]

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