Time v Money

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Every year around resolutions time, I think I should work less. And there are all these articles about how time is precious and you shouldn't work so hard, etc. But the things I want to do with my spare time all require money.

I am not unique in this obviously - how does everyone else balance wanting spare time to do the things you love, with needing to earn the money? (and no, I can't do the things I love for money - they don't pay well).

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I think a lot of what drives me is fear of the unknown. Life is good now financially. But I think oh what if this, what if that, what about the massive pile of money I think I need for retirement. 2008 didn't help - I had to close the business and restart two years later. In the grand scheme of things, a trivial event, but one can't always be rational about these things.

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jonah35 said:

It’s easy to forget there will be an in shape 40 year old bloke living in Thailand working in a bar without 2 pennies to rub together who jogs to and from work and can’t decide tonight whether he wants to take the blond or the brunette back to his. No commute, no stress and probably going for a run and doing push ups tomorrow

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oilbethere said:

How old are you? Don't take this the wrong way will you see retirement? Life's a lottery why worry about the future, you may be dead in the next second.

40s. I agree about being dead the next second, that just means I want to do "all the things" now, which means money.

I also agree with others on here that I am likely to be 20 years retired, so I need to save up for that. Admittedly with a tendency to over-provision.