MACS wrote:There ain't one mother fooker on his/her death bed that says, I should have worked more or longer.
Not fookin' ONE.
I told this exact thing to guys at work when I was working. They would stay by the phone all weekend HOPING the Company would call them for overtime.
"on your deathbed, you'll be wishing for just one more good day to spend with a friend or a family member and you know what? that day you just wasted by the phone might have been THAT day.
8track, you say you started saving for retirement at 35. After having a lot of talks with others at work, I can comfortably say you are probably WAY AHEAD of most people in that regard. People in their 40's admitting they can't save any money for retirement? "WTH have you been spending money on?"
As some here say, you need something to do to occupy yourself. Personally, I've found that kind of hard to do in the post covid environment but our house repairs/improvements are finally coming to an end this week just in time to do some traveling.
Wife is collecting age 62 SS, I'm getting a small pension of $1300, and my 401k rollover has increased so we have tapped into that for a little to supplement our frugality