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Totally. That's great, I think it's a good middle ground until being able to generate passive income.

You can't even know if you're going to live until retirement so you might as well enjoy life now while you can and have the energy.

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I had cancer eight years ago. While I'd already taken a few year-long breaks before that, cancer reinforced the idea. While I'm not particularly worried about it coming back, I'm certainly not going to bank on living until 90. I also don't have kids right now, but haven't entirely ruled it out. And even if nothing kills me off early and I don't have kids, it's still a lot easier to travel while younger. I've avoided traveling in Europe because that'll be easier when I'm old and arthritic. I don't expect to be backpacking around Africa or motorcycling through South America or sailing around the South Pacific when I'm 80, but I could do a nice railway tour of Western Europe or a cruise around the Mediterranean at any age.

Oh, that must have been tough, glad you're doing better now. Yes, that definitely helps to put things into perspective. Similarly, I had already thought about doing this kind of thing before. Then my mother, who worked her whole life, passed away shortly after retiring, so that only reinforced the idea too.

Exactly, that sounds like a good plan!

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