An interesting and refreshing perspective Becca 😊My husband is always saying that if we got to a point where our mortgage was paid off and we had enough coming in to cover basic expenses, he'd be happy to stop working altogether and start living more purposefully, spending time doing what he wants to do for himself and for us. So do the odd bit of contract work or open his own business instead of being tied to a company as a means to earn an income. Personally, I just can't see myself doing the same ol' same ol' for the next umpteen years either. Soul destroying. So at some point... change will come. I think if we all knew the number of years that we had remaining, the choices and decisions that we took would seem a lot easier. As for trading 10 years of my life... mmm you are asking an overthinker hehe... I would wonder whether perhaps my remaining days may be filled with good health til the day I no longer wake up, whether I would get to experience the joy and love of grandchildren, be around to be there longer for my own children... I certainly would not trade even a year of my life for fame... ugh... turn the spotlight somewhere else pleez hehe ... and I would not trade my time with my children either! Wealth? Wealth that would enable me to actually enjoy every living hour for myself and my kids by giving me back more time than I could possibly lose in sacrificing 10 years of existing time? Financial wealth that would enable me to provide my family with the true wealth of additional time together and the ability to help others less fortunate than myself... instead of spending a good portion of my time working for somebody else? mmm... that I just may go for... I guess it all depends on what you are actually sacrificing. If you are sacrificing 10 years of working long hours for somebody else just to have a couple of hours each evening with your family and a few weeks holiday together each year to create memories, and giving that up enabled you to stop working altogether, then the sacrifice in pure mathematical terms is something like 10 x 365 x 3hours true free time (after working, homework, cleaning, feeding, shopping, sleeping etc) = 10, 950 hours lost ... or if you were losing the last 10 years of your life, it would be lots of free hours potentially immobile...(?)... what would you gain in exchange... almost every waking hour I guess ... and a whole lot less stress which would almost certainly lead to a longer happier life.
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Ha ha. Your brain works like my brain. I tried not to overanalyze it too much because that is where my head was going. Who gets to tell me how long I will live because I need that info. Trade the grueling day in and day out for living for my kids alone and not working to support them? I approach things differently for hypotheticals. We are happy and comfortable,, bit theow a hypothetical into the mix and things get messy-at least iny head. I tend to mostly stay away from them.
hehe exactly ... I tried so hard to just stick to the remit and keep it light haha... but the damn brain wanted to argue with me❣️