Sometimes Being an Adult Sucks (kinda gaming related, all finances)

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Khuutra said:

vlad321 said:
I never understood this. I once asked some co-workers "why do you invest?" and then they said "o make more money from the investments." Then I asked, "so what do you do with that money?" and they just said "invest it again for more money."

Let me tell you, they were a smart bunch with masters and PhDs all. They also had unpaid houses, cars, however not that much debt outside of that. That said, money is not for investing and saving. Once you have that cushion for the 7 year WTF moment (statistically something horrible will happen to every 7 years that will require a bunch of money to be used up), the rest should be your spending money.

Nah, you don't understand

The idea is that I want to be able to build up my stocks until dividend payments will be able to match my current quality of life, and then I will stop working.

I invest money so I can retire someday. So I can sit around and read books and go on vacation and play video games and go to the gym while all of my bills are just taken care of.

Who ever heard of a retired guy playing games and going to the gym?