Work hard. Save every penny you can. Hustle now, so you can escape the rat race and relax later.
That formula is proven to work for folks looking to retire sooner than the typical 65.
But what about working a little less and maybe retiring not at 65, but in your 50s? Would that be worth it? Would that juice be worth the squeeze?
If we won the lottery tomorrow, we would still practice medicine, because the sense of purpose we receive from helping others cannot be matched by money or from another occupation.
We protected our Tuesdays off together for years, but one day I made the trade to work Tuesdays to have all weekends off. This new scheduled worked for a few years until Lauren convinced me to practice full-time wound care and hyperbaric medicine.
Lauren knew and patiently guided me to the eventual decision to change my medical practice. She was right, and I have zero regrets. We went with Fridays off. Our daughters are 8 and 9, and we would rather spend our time with them now .