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Cheers mate. Like most people, my "comfy life" goals were set far too low. Reached them after 9 years of investing. Decided to re-evaluate and set completely outrageous goals beyond most people's wildest dreams. Attained that level 18 months ago. Now it's just bald faced greed that...

I'm good at many things, and I enjoy many things.....but that's not the point of the discussion. As Alex has mentioned, it's the money. No more - no less. All of these corporate group hug sessions and pats on the back and promotions and grandiose titles and little perks and benefits mean...

One third of your entire life.....ya reckon ?? I take a different view Angelo. The way I figure it, you put out big time for about 15 years, doing 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, a profession that drives you nuts and is so tediously boring....but you're reasonable at it and get paid really...

Sounds great for a motivational poster....but it's a tad contrite... Many people aren't in the professions. There's only four true professions. Medicine Law Engineering Arms There's a bunch of 'others', probably the vast majority of the population....who aren't professionals...

We considered this but then gave it up when the short term blip turns into long term pain. You've brought forward the majority of your expenses into the current year, allowing nothing to be claimed in the year that you take off.....so you are effectively paying big mobs of tax on the rents...

No. It's too important a subject to muck around with. I joke around alot on the fluffy stuff....but this subject IMO is where the rubber meets the road.....when ya jump off the work merry-go-round, ya better make damn sure the sideshow you have going is going to rough it out no matter what. I...

Depends on your estimate of annual growth on assets vs after tax spend on lifestyle. My wife has given me a benchmark of 0.1% growth before we feel comfy enough to pull the pin. None of this single or even double digit growth projections for her. Of course, we haven't even approached...