Jordan, we're kindred spirits. In my 7th year of retirement, I've finally learned to just live life without the "emotional attachment" of money. It's such a better way to live. It takes time and commitment to make the mental shift, but it's worth it. Great post.
This post nails it. After achieving financial independence, give saving, spending, and money in general the proper place in your life, which is a *small* place. Thanks Jordan!
As coast FI with a clear path to FI, I’ve been living in season 1.5 using the Afford Anything anti-budget approach until the last 6 months where I dabbled with Rich Life season 3 indulgences. Recently I’m outside any of the seasons since I’m in a recalibration phase running scenarios to see if I can pull an earlier leap into FI. Since I happily hadn’t been paying attention to spending and now revisiting for my calculations, I can find myself thinking in the lean FI and optimization mode. Instead I need to step back and use current anti-budget spending as a reference point of the lifestyle I want to comfortably live. Completely a work in progress but as Jordan points out being aware of when you move between seasons and if it makes sense for the current and future life you want to live is important for me.
Another very thought-provoking piece, which really resonated with me. I definitely spend too much time thinking about money rather than actually spending it. Thank you.
I don’t think I’ll ever stop caring about money. I know I have enough for a lifetime; I also know that $250 buys a sight-saving cataracts operation in the developing world. I’ll still buy the $250 jeans that I’ll wear for a decade (and that I can’t find used), but I’ll be buying the $700 boots used for $100. Because I can, and because I should choose the boots AND sight for two people when I can.
Just seeing this article for the first time through Howard Bailey. I've read hundreds of articles since retiring, and this one is the first one that gets it right, and it's exactly what I've discovered about myself after three years. I stopped caring, too and my retirement has never been happier. Zero stress.
Jordan, we're kindred spirits. In my 7th year of retirement, I've finally learned to just live life without the "emotional attachment" of money. It's such a better way to live. It takes time and commitment to make the mental shift, but it's worth it. Great post.
This post nails it. After achieving financial independence, give saving, spending, and money in general the proper place in your life, which is a *small* place. Thanks Jordan!
As coast FI with a clear path to FI, I’ve been living in season 1.5 using the Afford Anything anti-budget approach until the last 6 months where I dabbled with Rich Life season 3 indulgences. Recently I’m outside any of the seasons since I’m in a recalibration phase running scenarios to see if I can pull an earlier leap into FI. Since I happily hadn’t been paying attention to spending and now revisiting for my calculations, I can find myself thinking in the lean FI and optimization mode. Instead I need to step back and use current anti-budget spending as a reference point of the lifestyle I want to comfortably live. Completely a work in progress but as Jordan points out being aware of when you move between seasons and if it makes sense for the current and future life you want to live is important for me.
Another very thought-provoking piece, which really resonated with me. I definitely spend too much time thinking about money rather than actually spending it. Thank you.
You just described my entire emotional roller coaster. I'm finally where you are.
I don’t think I’ll ever stop caring about money. I know I have enough for a lifetime; I also know that $250 buys a sight-saving cataracts operation in the developing world. I’ll still buy the $250 jeans that I’ll wear for a decade (and that I can’t find used), but I’ll be buying the $700 boots used for $100. Because I can, and because I should choose the boots AND sight for two people when I can.
Just seeing this article for the first time through Howard Bailey. I've read hundreds of articles since retiring, and this one is the first one that gets it right, and it's exactly what I've discovered about myself after three years. I stopped caring, too and my retirement has never been happier. Zero stress.
Reaching coast fi helped this mindset shift for me.