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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op... you sound nice...but boring. Live a little! I get that travel is bad for the environment, but in non pandemic times, you could have so much time and bond with your family seeing the world. I’m not religious— I don’t think there’s a big payoff after this life. yolo and all that. Maybe you would derive more happiness from doing more for the environment and for the poor. In your shoes, I might go start a school for poor kids in India (I’m Indian, but not that I think that matters as I was born here). There was a book, three cups of tea, that was about a guy who started a school in Afghanistan. Or maybe find a cause closer to home and dig in deep. I’m like you and have jobs that pay well and are ok enjoyable, not hard. I’m not working currently and in a meh stage of life. I’m also trying to find my higher purpose. I get that it’s tough.  [/quote]

Thank you. You really get it. I am boring, I’m afraid. And my first priority is my family so I don’t have a lot of flexibility to do things like start schools in foreign countries.  Plus our assets may be enough to live on but it’s not like we have WAY more than we will need.  It’s funny, sometimes I think we are in a weird place—more than what we strictly need but not enough to do the outlandish things. Agree that “living a little” is the right answer.  I am atheist as well. We had two great trips planned in 2020. Cancelled. Kid should get vaccinated by next month and we will rebook a trip to look forward to. I am grateful for so much. My spouse has chronic and painful health issues that make me grateful that I am not uncomfortable all the time. We would trade all of it for permanent pain relief. Alas, it doesn’t work that way. [/quote]

I’ve really enjoyed reading this thread, though I’m very sorry to hear about your spouse’s medical issues. Like you and many PPs here, we are in a very good financial situation (in our early 50s) and not sure exactly how long to keep working and what we want to do once we stop. We have $6 million in retirement/brokerage accounts, a fully paid off house, and fully funded 529s for our kids, two of whom are already in college.  And yet we still feel anxious about money. I’m a Fed and can retire at 58, but my DH was shocked recently when I said I might like to do that as opposed to waiting until after 62 when you get a bump in the multiplier used for calculating the pension amount.  I don’t feel any need for a higher purpose though. I love my boring life working at a job I enjoy, reading a lot, and spending time with family and fiends.

We have friends and neighbors who actually are outlandishly rich (hundreds of millions) and do outlandish things like buy private planes and race cars and invest in sports teams. Those toys and luxuries do bring them joy, but I wouldn’t have any interest in that. Our favorite of our richest friends’ luxuries is the incredible backyard kitchen/pool/sport court they built and share generously with all their friends. I think that’s the direction we’ll go—while still working we’ll invest in places and travel that our kids and friends can enjoy with us. [/quote]

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