FarOutWest

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• I plan to stop at HR at 3 pm on my last day, complete the forms, and leave.

  Post: How Did You Announce Your Retirement?

  Link to comment from August 17, 2024

• Lifestyle and relationships, especially marriage and family, cannot be measured in ROI. My wife works in a well paying but high stress occupation. She loves to bake, her escape from her work demands. We remodeled our kitchen and I told her to design it with the appliances, cabinets, counters, etc. providing her with the means to enjoy her baking. She did, bringing her much happiness and me the world's tastiest homemade baked goods, especially her sourdough bread...

  Post: When is it worth remodeling a home?

  Link to comment from January 27, 2024

• First, you need to save for college over the next 18 years, while juggling other financial goals like retirement and buying a home. No, the college obsession need not consume a parent's life. Much more important and time sensitive issues should occupy a parent's attention. Developing the child's mind and character create much more lasting value than a college degree, and are limited to the very short window of opportunity. Having served as a faculty member at 2 universities, creating and delivering a number of courses while teaching thousands of students, I speak from experience that most 18-20 year old university students are too immature, too sheltered from life, and too unaware of the value of the college experience to fully appreciate its worth. Better that they work, join the military, attend community college while working, or learn a skilled trade before matriculating at a university. The parent living (and financially sacrificing) vicariously through their dream of their child's education and career too often are heartbroken and broke.

  Post: College

  Link to comment from December 31, 2022