My wife's cancer has made me consider some adjustments

Dec 13, 2024
10:39:45am

jxncoog All-American

With my wife's diagnosis and impact from the treatment along with retirement still more than a dozen years, I've re considered what we will need versus what we'd like to do now.

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What worries you more, retiring to early and running out of money or retiring to

RC Vikings

12/13/24 10:04am

Running out of time

Bleeding Blue

12/13/24 10:05am

Yep.

Brisco

12/13/24 10:16am

The key is enjoying life every day rather than waiting until retirement. 🙂

ManicBlue

12/13/24 10:05am

This 100%. Yes, being financially responsible is very important. But time is

Cougar TD

12/13/24 10:33am

Yep. I'm enjoying the journey so much I don't feel I need to retire.

runnincoug

12/13/24 10:40am

Same

ManicBlue

12/13/24 10:58am

My perspective on this has changed a lot in recent years

sidsie716

12/13/24 10:45am

Time. Life can change in an instant.

JamDownSouth

12/13/24 10:08am

Money - there’s plenty of time on the other side.

XORCoug

12/13/24 10:08am

We hope.

eysikal

12/13/24 10:16am

I have this fear that I'm going to die right after retiring.. so my plans are to

cougfanz

12/13/24 10:10am

I have at least one gig planned for retirement

Squeegee

12/13/24 10:13am

I worry about not having enough $$ to really enjoy retirement.

cougarmeister

12/13/24 10:11am

Not being able to retire

braddahmike

12/13/24 10:14am

I worry about running out of health before I run out of money.

shokupanmanbo

12/13/24 10:15am

I'd rather die with some money in hand than be a burden to my kids.

OrsoNero

12/13/24 10:16am

I think it's interesting, and a little troubling at the macro level, how we've

gwalker

12/13/24 10:17am

Time doesn't concern me.

Belboz

12/13/24 10:17am

Going to cheer competitions would make me want to die early.

Sea Chicken

12/13/24 10:24am

I hope my daughter sticks with it until she's 18.

Belboz

12/13/24 10:34am

I think about this all the time. I flip flop back and forth. I'm still not sure

cmoney

12/13/24 10:17am

Time. A good book is Die with Zero by Bill Perkins. Will give a better

wildwilderness

12/13/24 10:22am

Total paradigm shifter for me. I think about that book at least weekly since i

Triznaynay

12/13/24 11:28am

I’m starting to embrace the same concept. Less money and more time has been my

Don Carlton

12/13/24 10:24am

100% agree. If I only had to worry about me, I would've been retired years ago.

cmoney

12/13/24 10:26am

Time for sure - my hope and plan is to be "financially independent"

tyler durden

12/13/24 10:30am

My wife's cancer has made me consider some adjustments

jxncoog

12/13/24 10:39am

sorry to hear about your wife.

qwerew

12/13/24 4:01pm

We don't "run out of time"...enjoy life and work until you die

my4boys

12/13/24 10:40am

My parents had seen others scrimp and save for retirement, then the man dies

Florwood

12/13/24 11:00am

Too much time in retirement. Outside of being able to go on a vacation longer

Acorn

12/13/24 11:01am

Met w/ advisor yesterday. We're retiring at earliest age allowed by both employers. Want to do

Soupie

12/13/24 11:09am

Little bit of both.

Eddie

12/13/24 11:11am

the bigger the portfolio gets the easier it is to say "time"

qwerew

12/13/24 3:59pm

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