I'm currently 22, I've been working towards my lifelong goal of retiring at 35
I've saved every penny I possibly could since I was 17
But in order to reach my goal I work 12-13 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, yesterday I went to the doctor and he said I have the blood pressure of a 60 year old.
A lot of my goal is pride, I need to proove to everyone I knew growing up (and myself) that I could move up a couple tax brackets if I just push myself hard enough. But are the health risks too high?
2007-08-17 12:07:08 · 14 answers · asked by Cavor 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
35 sounds great, though look at what you are sacrificing to get there
Pull it back a notch or two and retire at 45 or 55 if you can afford it. Find a job you like and have fun with it. Take expensive holidays knowing you have a way of paying the money back. Go out and enjoy your youth, YOU ARE MISSING OUT.
If your doctor is warning you after five years when you should be in the prime of your life and be able to bounce back from anything, can you imagine what another 13 years will do to you when you are not as resilient?
Work can be so rewarding, why stop learning new things at 35?
Economically, your savings will earn far more money in the additional 10 or 20 years if you retire at 45 or 55 thanks to compound interest. Plus if you live to 85 (which you wont at the rate you are going) that is 50 years to survive on a nest egg you have accumilated over an 18 year period. Things wont get cheaper over time and you might even find yourself having you work in your 50s or 60s to make up the short fall.
If you are thinking about having kids in the future you will want to escape them anyway!
2007-08-17 12:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Chris P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You work too hard, money is not everything. You really need to relax more. At this time, I would not retire, but take some time off. You are still young, and you can be young again, at heart, that is what is important, you need to take better care of yourself, watch what you eat. Exercise, Eat Healthy.
You don't need to prove anything, to anybody. If you keep going like this you won't be around much longer. Slow down, take it easy.
Enjoy yourself, do some thing fun. Do you have a female friend, do some things, with her. You have some money, take a nice long vacation some where. Good luck, to you. I will be pulling for you.
2007-08-17 12:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by That one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Retire at 35
2007-08-17 12:14:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could drop dead tomorrow. If so, would you really have enjoyed your life? Stress is the #1 killer -- trust someone that has been there - me.
Balance (at least for me) is now the key to a happy life. Cut back on your working hours, spend more time doing the things you enjoy and so what if you retire at 45 instead of 35.
2007-08-17 12:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by Vera C 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dude!!! Take a chill pill and spend some of that money. Get to know the ladies. Go out on vacations. Get yourself a nice car. Life's too short to worry about retirement. After a few months into retirement, you will realize that it's not what it's cracked up to be. It gets boring after awhile. Focus on gaining wealth, not getting rich. Nuture your relationships with family, friends, significant other and your own self.
2007-08-17 12:27:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly sounds like it. I have known people that retired early and they were bored still and went back to work, even a different field; IF they were not forced into retirement because of health. I am here because a man tried to murder me long ago. Employment is a figment of my imagination. Keep going, just don't over do it.
Back 400 years ago the avg. person died at the age of thirty. Now you know one of the main reasons why.
2007-08-17 12:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by geessewereabove 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 05:19:46 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could probably retire a few years after 35, you really should relax. Your 22, and you work too hard, but thats just me.
2007-08-17 12:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by Donovan G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude if u got the money but u still could call it quits at 35 but then maybe work at a job that was like 4 hours a day
2007-08-17 12:19:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your grandsons will retire at 6 months of age. they will be well established, self built, multimillionaire toddlers. with a coronary condition, high blood sugar, and a 6 liter hybrid engine stroller.
chill out man, you'll never be 20 years old twice. dont waste your twenties, they're nthe best.
2007-08-17 12:15:20 · answer #10 · answered by shasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋