I chose to not make the "pile" get bigger. I saw too many friends work just a few more years only to die before the stopped or a year or two after retiring.
My goal was to make my "pile" high enough by age 59 to walk away from a great job and terrific compensation.
My financial planners used to say you are too young to retire....you could double your assets in a "few years"......you could leave a bigger estate for your heirs.....they soon got the message that NONE of those were a priority for me.
Getting away from it all and doing what we wanted to anytime we wanted as soon as the nest egg would support it was the goal!
All we can do is share our experiences and reasons and others will do what they want to do.....when they are ready. There is no magic formula.
Good luck
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