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If you’re going to try this route, I’d also recommend prioritizing your family and/or life partner with all your remaining energy.

Grinding is soul-sucking, and having someone at home was the only way I made it through the roughest patches.

I semi-retired in the 35-40 range, but if my choices were being retired and single or working but with my family, I’d 100% take the latter.




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