๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ‘๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต’? ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ…
This week, my dad joined me for the Sea to Sky Hard Enduro Race in Turkey, and it was more than just a raceโit was a great opportunity for us to spend time together.
Moments like these donโt come often, and while Iโm sure he must have thought, โWhatโs wrong with this zombie?โ as I struggled through the brutal course, it was worth every minute.
My dad, on the other hand, is in a different chapter of life.
Heโs one of the lucky onesโthough he credits luck and hard work equallyโand was able to retire at the ripe age of 50.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ.
He calls it โpossibly the best decision he ever made.โ
He couldโve kept working, building something bigger, accumulating more, but he chose a different path.
He decided that โ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ตโ and set off to travel the world with my mom, chasing experiences instead of material success.
Itโs a perspective I admire and one that many of usโmyself includedโcould learn from.
One of ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, though, is not spending enough time with me during his 30s and 40s.
He worked long hours back then and was under a lot of stress.
Truth is, I never felt like I was missing out. It was just the way it was and I have had a good childhood.
But he did.
Maybe thatโs where I ยดinheritedยด my own relentless work ethic.
It’s certainly served me well all these years.
Hearing him talk about his shift to “non-working” life reminded me of something I once read about the different phases of life:
In your 20s and early 30s, you usually have:
– ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ
– ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
– ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ
In your late 30s, 40s, and early 50s, you often have:
– ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ
– ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
– ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ
And in your late 50s, 60s, and 70s, you typically find:
– ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ
– ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ
– ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ?
๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ?
The solution seems simple in theory but harder to live by:
– Make a lot of money in your 20s and early 30s
– Balance your time wisely in your 30s, 40s, and early 50s
– Take care of your health so you can actually enjoy the later years
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐?
When is enough money….enough?
