false premise(s) wrote:
cool thought/ideas.
No skipped vacations, I go as much and as often as my son will join us for. I'm not the one limiting the vacations. But he's at a point in his life when it's all about his friends.
What's next? First, work has a purpose for me, and i'm the boss of my area, and it's kind of a nice and cool job, so no hurry to leave yet. I'll eventually retire, probably in about 3 or 4 years, and that's when my wife wants to, though she could do it at anytime as far as i'm concerned.
When we retire, we talk about travelling a lot, which we both enjoy. The other thing that i like to think about is the day my son finds out what we're worth, and of course, he'll inherit. My wife hit the nail on the head, and what she said was, if he found out, 'he would be so pissed', meaning we could live in luxury if we chose to, but we don't.
Why do i work? Really, two reasons: first being that it fulfills my need to serve a purpose (and stay organized and directed). And second, i tend to waste so much time on my days off and by comparison, those days don't leave me feeling all that great.
So, again. Work doesn't have to suck, and i know i am lucky, but i did go to great lengths to get the education i needed, the right work experience, i worked through the tough times, and i didn't take anything for granted nor felt entitled.
Hope there's something in all that that might be useful to someone.