I'm not even close to being in a financial place to retire in 5-7 years which is what it is.
So even though it's probably not the smartest thing to do with my money we drive 5 and a half hours to all the home games now and I got season wrestling tickets too. Memories you can't buy even if you're a millionaire. I work in finance and even I laugh at the financial planner dickheads who try to show me withdrawal schedules for my retirement and try to convince me that I'll still need money when I'm 80 or 85. Even if I make it to 75 I won't be in any shape to need 200K left or whatever. What people don't understand for their retirements is that it isn't the quantity of the money you have, it's the utility of it.
$1,000 spent when I'm still able-bodied is worth $100,000 of money when I can't drive at night or back up a fishing boat trailer, or go hiking, or take my grand kids to a Hawkeye game, lol. I've worked like a motherfucker for my money, and even though $2,000 when I'm 55 can be $20,000 when I'm 80, I'd rather blow two grand on christmas presents for grandkids than give twenty to a nursing home or to my kid when I croak