"I'm a peacock, you gotta let me fly" - Maverick Journal 2023

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Agree 100%. I've applied the same strategy here. Non-commital. Paid off, though, I have a $10K+ USD income and almost retired from my investments on the side. Mediacl writer, 1 man business. Age 37 now. But, no wife, no house (travelling through Latin America a lot and staying summers with family), so now I can get all I want in the future on my own terms. But to get there requires sacrifice and hard work - I had a few failed businesses with years of time lost. Will prob get new passports, as I'm from Europe and refuse to pay almost 50% income taxes, tons of VAT on top of that, a wealth tax, etc. My tax money will go towards governments that are efficient with it.

Edit: my point is that if you've got the opportunity, it's probably best to go to a decently comfortable level first. And then, whatever society throws at you, it's easier to handle as you've got options. But, yeah, in hindsight I'm VERY happy I didn't make the easy choices. Didn't live together with a woman the last few years, didn't marry, etc, didn't buy a house etc, as my life would have been very different now. And, I did make sacrifices for this, as I was 32 or 33 or so when I left the house of my parents, after a failed business. Extremely late.

Edit 2: So, the bottom line for me is this, if you CAN get a larger degree of control than many others in society have, then it's worth it. Because control over these situations allow for freedom. And seems like you're very well on your way just like me!