Welcome Back to Nuanced Beauty!
Today's discussion explored the nuance in the Q: Are we living for today or for our future retirement?
BUT FIRST, we spend a couple minutes talking about Hello Fresh, as we circle back to our topic of hanging loosely to cooking expectations and what makes sense. No, we don't have an ad for them, but we decided to give this meal plan a try for some time as we will both be back at work here soon. It allows us to continue to value cooking our meals at home while outsourcing some of the planning, and allowing either of us to make dinner without having a conversation about what is planned for dinner.
ONTO TODAY'S TOPIC, this is one that Bill feels more passionate about. We're working through a book study and the idea of investing for retirement came up. It IS totally a responsible idea to save for your future, in case someone is unable to work, but we think this idea that life will be glorious once I'm retired is a relatively newer concept wrapped neatly in the milestone progressions of that American Life. Again, it's not bad to plan, but is it becoming a consuming focal point that is preventing you from enjoying your life today? Additionally, I think us millennials have felt the burden of college debt and multiple financial crisis/bubbles that have shook this retirement dream, making us a little more cynical about propping it up so highly. Lastly, Bill and I note the differences in how our parents messaged retirement, or didn't message it at all, and how are we going to tackle the retirement concept with our children.
Book Recommendation:
Billionaire Wilderness - The Ultra-Wealthy and the remaking of the American West by Justin Farrell.
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