One question I’ve been thinking about lately is this: When is enough, enough? Knowing that you have limited time on this planet, what do you need in order to look back on your life and feel satisfied? Given that we live in a society that worships more, more, more, this can be tricky to answer. It’s critical, however, that you define what is enough for you, especially after you’re done with your main career and entering full or semi-retirement.
To help get people who attend my workshops thinking, I often ask them about their role models. Who is living a life that looks attractive to you? My husband and I like to observe how others are spending their resources of time, money, and energy. It is not about judging how others are living their lives. It is about looking for ideas and deciding how we want to live the next phase of our life.
For instance, some people strive to buy second homes and then spend time decorating and furnishing these homes. That’s their version of enough. For other people, “enough” might simply be a roof over their head and the ability to go on road trip adventures, and so they downsize and move into an RV. Or they buy an RV so that can travel to places that are hard to get to without having a car.