- May 5, 2006
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your age is seventy-.......????
I'm not 70 but I can already see the pattern. Also not sure why we are cornered into travelling? The debate is really saving and comittment v living life and spending.
sabre is stuck on talking about travelling because he is vigorously defending his decisions (to himself)
OK. We can put travelling aside (it's not for everyone anyway). The debate is really about deferred gratification.
Here is the problem with this debate. No one is suggesting that. It's just that Sabre has taken a tunnel visioned view
And has assumed anyone who opposes his narrow view have the opposite argument. Not the case.
You did say this:
bunsen burner said:A cruise at 70 would be just as enjoyable as backpacking through South America in your 20s. I used to think the same s**t when i was at my mental peak (I knew everything at 19) but it's not true. It's simply a case of horses for courses. As you get older your tastes and needs change. Having money when you're old is just as good as if you had it when you're young
From my POV, having money when you're old is absolutely not 'just as good' as having it when you're young. That's not a call you can make until you're in your 70s and can weigh up whether you'd trade any regrets you have for less of what you have now. Your tastes and needs definitely change, but there are things you simply cannot do once you go past certain ages, and the older you get the higher the risks of health concerns become. For mine it's not a case of 'doing things when you're young is better' but a case of striking a balance between living in the present and planning for the future.