Yeah, couldn’t have happened when I was there for 5 weeks at the end of 2020. Nooooooo.
the sooner I cut bait and move to nica for 9 months of the year, the better for everyone. I’m going to start really looking hard at how I make that happen sooner rather than a decade from now. If I blow out my number this year and make many Makas, then I may feel differently a year from now, but something tells me it’s more than money that’s really starting to itch at me. Like a really deep carpe diem itch and I have (some) of the means and the know how to probably make a good living and never be tethered to a company other than one of my own creation, ever again.
Mid life crisis or mid life awakening? Had a long talk with a colleague today. 63 years old and about 35 years sober. Anyway, he’s still hustling and selling ads and making his up and down years like he’s been doing for decades. Turns out he had a stroke AND open heart surgery last year, lucky to be alive and back to more or less decent health. But it really got those existential gears grinding boy. Not that this gentleman doesn’t have a fine life. Has a loving wife whom he adores. Nice home in the suburbs and a nice little country house in the woods of east Hampton that he bought 20 years ago (he could retire just by selling that place alone now) so it’s not like he’s doing anything wrong, I just know I don’t want to be him in 20 years.
Time over money vs Money over time.
I jumped ship well before I was anywhere near the comfortable nest egg you're accumulating, trusted in my professional experience and knowhow would be enough to survive, knowing full well that I could end up in destitute poverty as a possible outcome.
Worth every second of it from the day I took the decision... No golden parachute can replace one second of your life as a completely free man.
It's the same old adage my 1st boss, and my analysis of developing nations econ teacher from 3rd year, told me... The one about the fictitious man who owns the entire wealth of the planet and has only moments left to live. As the owner of the world, the best team of physicians are at his bedside. And not even if he's willing to fork over his entire material fortune can he buy one second more of time when "the time to go" comes.
Conclusion: one second of your FREE time is worth more than all the riches in the world.
Tough decision to make, I'm all for you bailing the sooner the better. And do not be surprised when those 9 months quickly become 12!