Quote Originally Posted by Madeinhb View Post
I tell my buddy this all the time. He is one of those work a holics and doesn't take time off. Always says I can do it later in life.

My wife and I took all of July off and went to Europe. 2 week cruise. Few days in some cities and then a week in Ireland. We travel and do what we want. But we are planning for retirement, not to go and do things but to be able to sit around and not work.
Haha yeah it's funny a financial adviser was like "well when you retire you want the same level of life right"? I was like, are you insane? With a decent roof over my head, a warm bed and not having to work shit let me shoot a few days a week and sit in my rocking chair the others and I'm happy. I think the problem is a lot of people today view retirement is living the life with a boat, vacation homes, travelling the world, etc. And yes, for that you need some serious dough.