As long as there's a possibility of living to 115+ I will be quite content to keep saving money, even though I think I may already have enough. No one can predict how much inflation there will be in our future. Luckily, I only need to spend a small fraction of my income to be happy.
I no longer need what I thought I would need to be happy. When I was young I thought I would need a big expensive house, expensive sports car, big expensive vacations, frequent steak dinners at expensive restaurants, etc.. But now that I can afford it, I don't want any of that. I'd rather have a large cushion of stock-equity and the feeling of security that comes with it. No matter what my needs might be in the future, I hope to be able to afford it and not be a burden on anyone else.
Last edited by Villages PL; 09-14-2012 at 12:16 PM.
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