Interesting thread. Actually read it end to end.
Any funerals I attend are folks in their late 80s/early-mid 90s. Until very recently. A close friend lost his father in his mid 60s. Scary, sad stuff. Made me give all these sort of things some thought.
But now getting close to 40, I'm sure there's more to start to concern with. I don't exercise enough. I don't eat junk, but I probably don't eat "right", whatever right is. Now is the time to excel with career, but it's also time to set a strong basis for long term health and well-being.
And there's so much misinformation, questionable information, changes left and right of what's good, or bad, and then back to good. Have to wonder in the crowd that some on here claimed died had what types
of bad habits relative to eating and exercise. And how much of it is just genes.
I love my job, I can see me working until my kids have kids and I want to spend all my time playing with babies. Hard to tel if that's a smart long term plan or not. Certainly working let's you find hobbies, which spurs curiosity and interests, activity and on and on. It would hurt more to self finance even with a good nest egg.
