I think just being an adult. My kids play rugby on saturdays, things in my house break at inconvenient times, my son is now allowed to stay up late 2 days of the week. I need to read difficult books in the evenings. I have to get up early to accomplish everything. I have to do my taxes, vote, etc.
But also getting older means I won't live forever, and there is so much I want to do. I won't regret not watching TV, but I will regret never building a house, taking my kids backpacking, writing poetry, etc
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Exactly. You’re not waiting for permission to live. You’re building, cultivating, serving. That’s the posture. The urgency you feel isn’t anxiety, it’s clarity about what actually matters.
My story is simmilar. Retirement doesn't mean playing golf and drinking Mai-Tai's to me. It's about doing stuff that's more valuable to me than my employer.