How much longer do I have left?

 How much longer do I have left?  


I discovered all too late that I will accomplish nothing noteworthy during my lifetime.  I did not create enough wealth to impress my heirs.  I did not invent anything.  I did not set any records.  I did drink profusely from an early age.  There was a fine line between getting caught and getting away with illegal activities that I straddled all too often in my youth.  I thought everyone was doing what I was doing.  I learned that I was the one that was used as an “example of what can happen”.  I want to encourage you to make something of yourself that your children will be proud of.  Someone that you can be proud of.


How you do is on you.  No blame, no excuses, no reasons; only results matter.  Now you are asking me how to achieve this feat?  I can only tell you that a “failure to plan is planning to fail”.  I bet you want to know how long you have to do something honorable that will be remembered by your family.  With one fact in hand, time, you can eliminate things that you just don't have the time or physical ability to achieve.  You can eliminate the things that you are too old to consider and plan things that you are young to achieve yet.  To find out how much time you have, I present you with this Google Sheets spreadsheet for your entertainment.  You should make a copy of your own so that you can make permanent changes.


Click here for the Google Sheets spreadsheet.


I strongly suggest that you learn to save your money so you can retire early.  If you can’t support yourself, you can’t retire.

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