Me too. I retired after 33 years in oil and gas. Walked away from a middle management job.... picked up a real estate license to keep me busy. I have rental property etc. I play golf every day. I have a 3 handicap now. I volunteer at my church a lot. I retired at age 53. I pay WAY less taxes now than I did. WAY LESS. We have no debt and all we'll need for the rest of our lives.
There is more to life than working 50 to 60 hours a week so you can give thousands and thousands of dollars to a government that completely wastes it.
“There is more to life than working 50 to 60 hours a week so you can give thousands and thousands of dollars to a government that completely wastes it.”
Well said. My thoughts exactly in 2008 and now, and why I went `Galt Jr.’ three years ago. Starve the beast.
believe me, if we knew then what we know now, both of us would have done govt work meaningless or not instead of working the private sector, since the govt system can never fire you, and you are just guaranteed every holiday, great vacation, bennies and the pension at 20-30 yrs...
and believe me, most people would not willingly devote decades of their working lives to a company only to have that company go bankrupt and loose their entire retirement...
bad things have happened to millions and millions thru no fault of their own and yet there are those that think they're just smarter,more moral, more handsome because they didn't get hit with the hard knocks of life....
small minds and small hearts...