Comments on: Living without a life: remedying regret with action http://www.thenewmanofaction.com/2009/04/18/living-without-a-life-remedying-hyperopia/ Be inspired. Stop procrastinating. Start living. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 09:06:24 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tristan Rayner http://www.thenewmanofaction.com/2009/04/18/living-without-a-life-remedying-hyperopia/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Tristan Rayner Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:05:48 +0000 http://www.thenewmanofaction.com/?p=119#comment-10 Thanks for the comment Jared - and congrats on your marriage btw! I think you have a great plan for travel every 6 months. That's exactly the sort of thing that the study talks about. When looking back at your life you probably won't say "Gee, I wish I paid off that loan a little earlier...". You'll definitely be checking out the photos of when you were diving and reminiscing about living (and possibly also looking at when you still had hair). You're also being frugal in exactly the right ways. Love the comment about being the richest man in the cemetery too - very true. Thanks for the comment Jared – and congrats on your marriage btw!

I think you have a great plan for travel every 6 months. That’s exactly the sort of thing that the study talks about. When looking back at your life you probably won’t say “Gee, I wish I paid off that loan a little earlier…”. You’ll definitely be checking out the photos of when you were diving and reminiscing about living (and possibly also looking at when you still had hair). You’re also being frugal in exactly the right ways. Love the comment about being the richest man in the cemetery too – very true.

]]> By: Jared http://www.thenewmanofaction.com/2009/04/18/living-without-a-life-remedying-hyperopia/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Jared Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:21:00 +0000 http://www.thenewmanofaction.com/?p=119#comment-8 Great article, and timely too. I was recently <a href="http://www.spiritualzen.net/index.php/2008/12/08/i-am-free/" rel="nofollow">married</a> and my wife and I LOVE to travel. We like sunny places and SCUBA diving. We've both been in several relationships before and have been through some pretty dramatic things in our lives. When we met, we both realized we'd always wanted to SCUBA dive, so we were like, "lets just do it already." I'm getting ready to graduate and start paying off all my undergrad and grad school loans... yikes! BUT, we still plan on traveling at least every six months. We've talked about putting more towards retirement and savings... but in the end, we realize we should have fun and travel while we can. We put a certain amount aside each week into a trip savings account. Then after 6 months we have enough to travel to someplace sunny! (we live in MO USA so not too many places to dive here) We're also becoming more frugal in other areas of our lives (eating out, cars) so we can afford to travel. My goal is not to be the richest man in the cemetery. I find richness in relationships and doing things with someone special. Great article, and timely too. I was recently married and my wife and I LOVE to travel. We like sunny places and SCUBA diving. We’ve both been in several relationships before and have been through some pretty dramatic things in our lives. When we met, we both realized we’d always wanted to SCUBA dive, so we were like, “lets just do it already.”

I’m getting ready to graduate and start paying off all my undergrad and grad school loans… yikes! BUT, we still plan on traveling at least every six months. We’ve talked about putting more towards retirement and savings… but in the end, we realize we should have fun and travel while we can.

We put a certain amount aside each week into a trip savings account. Then after 6 months we have enough to travel to someplace sunny! (we live in MO USA so not too many places to dive here) We’re also becoming more frugal in other areas of our lives (eating out, cars) so we can afford to travel.

My goal is not to be the richest man in the cemetery. I find richness in relationships and doing things with someone special.

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