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thenewgreen  ·  4359 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you do for a living? What would you like to do?

I like that you have various goals that correspond with different life stages. That's smart of you, too many people don't think this.. especially regarding retirement. One thing I tell everyone is to have multiple retirement saving vehicles so that you can do things like being a director for a non-profit and earn less or even volunteer your time/expertise.





Saydrah  ·  4359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's the idea, but all my money seems to end up going to my house in reality.... :P

thenewgreen  ·  4359 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I envy that. We like to put our resources in to nice things for our home too; art, furniture, landscaping but we are pretty sure we will not live here long-term. It's hard to fully invest in to a place when you know it's temporary. Even if you know you will be there for 5 years, if you know you are eventually moving it takes the fun out of it. I'd like to buy a house and know that it will be my home for the foreseeable future. Then I could really invest myself financially and emotionally in to it.

You pretty confident that this is where you will live long term?