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Originally Posted by MiamiBoyz
It's the American way of living...work your ass off and sacrifice your entire life (when young) so you can enjoy seeing the world and travel when you are old...sure, I have been to over 25 countries. I have hiked the Inca trail in Peru, I have stayed in the Amazon in Brazil, I have hiked volcanoes in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua. I have done all these things while I am young and physically could enjoy them to the max.
Most Americans (traditional types - certainly not the most GFY'ers) postpone actually "living life" thinking that they will do all of that after they retire at 65. I don't know how many never make it to 65 (car accident, cancer, heart attack) or are in such poor health that they can't do those things.
You can have all the money in the bank you can dream of but if you are too ill to use it or you don't even make it the age to use it then was your life wasted? I think it was if you lived dreaming of a future that you never got to.
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I met an old man (American) on a bus in the Andes Mountains about 15 years ago. Dude was in his early 70s, very cool guy. We chatted for a few hours and he told me to go and do everything I wanted to do now while I was young, because it was bullshit waiting until I was older because you can't enjoy it as much and it's harder on your body as you age. Not to mention, there is no guarantee you will live to be older anyway. He regretted not doing things when he was young.