“I think we’ll take a trip like that when we retire,” a boomer relative said to me. My brain couldn’t send the signal quickly enough to restrain myself from a judgmental grimace and shaking of the head.
“Why wait?” I asked, trying to reshape my face back into a neutral position, but my polite, rational self had lost the battle.
Life is seasonal and sometimes the magical Venn diagram of ample time, financial resources and good health don’t overlap. But it’s important that we give ourselves permission to do things that may seem less than optimal financially — especially for long-term goals — to take advantage of where we are in life right now.
