At what point will you have “enough” (salary, NW, retirement assets, whatever metric)? Wondering how others think of the tension between the desire to accumulate more and more (not disparaging as greed, this can be related to virtuous motives too) versus reaching a point of satisfaction/contentment.

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That death bed moment for me. What constitutes a life well lived for you? And how much will that cost?
For me it’s having cared for elderly parents, putting kids plural through college, no debt and having gone on a couple of nice vacations.

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Figure out your target lifestyle, map out all of the costs, then work backwards to calculate how much you will need.

Thanks, this makes sense mathematically of course. I think I was approaching from more of a philosophical angle. Received a significant boost to HHI in the past 6 months. On one hand I still find myself thinking about getting to the “next level,” and on the other hand I just want to opt out of the rat race and lead a simple life appreciating what I already have.

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I want to own a ski house and live somewhat lavishly.

So I don’t know that I’ll reach a stopping point before retirement.

Thanks for sharing, and good luck reaching your goals!

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