Jonathan, I have appreciated your work for many years, but never so much as now. I too am dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis (endometrial cancer, Stage 3A), and while I am fortunate to be in remission now, it turned so many things on a dime. It wasn't long ago that I was staring out the window and wondering if all of the work I had done financially was not to secure my retirement that I might not see but to benefit my heirs (whom I love, but still...) which is to say, every day I am grateful to be here, I am also reminded that we do not know what the future holds. And regardless of whether I am able to enjoy my retirement or not, without the work I had done over decades, this last year and a half would have been more than unbearably hard - and it was hard enough. I have been fortunate to have lived a great life so far but my today self has been ever so grateful to my past self and the smart, but unsexy things that I did, to position us. Now for the harder work - living to enjoy it. All the best to you and many thanks.
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Jonathan, I have appreciated your work for many years, but never so much as now. I too am dealing with a recent cancer diagnosis (endometrial cancer, Stage 3A), and while I am fortunate to be in remission now, it turned so many things on a dime. It wasn't long ago that I was staring out the window and wondering if all of the work I had done financially was not to secure my retirement that I might not see but to benefit my heirs (whom I love, but still...) which is to say, every day I am grateful to be here, I am also reminded that we do not know what the future holds. And regardless of whether I am able to enjoy my retirement or not, without the work I had done over decades, this last year and a half would have been more than unbearably hard - and it was hard enough. I have been fortunate to have lived a great life so far but my today self has been ever so grateful to my past self and the smart, but unsexy things that I did, to position us. Now for the harder work - living to enjoy it. All the best to you and many thanks.
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