Thanks for sharing those very personal thoughts Ray. I don't do well with death either. It does put money in perspective. Money isn't everything, but at the same time the stock market has become almost a hobby. And though I keep it conservative, I suppose I enjoy selling options because it adds some excitement. If I stuck my investment account in a 2% CD forever I'd be just fine. But I would miss the market. I'd miss this forum too. I power post it until you guys are surely sick of reading it all. But I enjoy that too, and think I possess a little wisdom from all the hard knocks I endured, and many were self inflicted wounds to my port. I know you guys don't need my hep, but there are some young person lurking this forum that could be helped. Some kid that has never see the bear, and is pouring all his money into Netflix and a couple other momo stocks.
In the end I hope to enjoy 10 or 15 years of retirement and waste at least a little money, then share some of the rest with my daughter while I am young enough to watch her enjoy it. Hopefully she'll invest some of it but it won't surprise me if she doesn't. My family sacrificed some while I amassed this port. We could have went on better vacations, had more new cars along the way etc. Nobody starved lol, but my wife taught my daughter to call me "Daddy-Neezer". It came out Daddy-neeza because she was young. She didn't even know what it meant yet lol.
In the end I hope to enjoy 10 or 15 years of retirement and waste at least a little money, then share some of the rest with my daughter while I am young enough to watch her enjoy it. Hopefully she'll invest some of it but it won't surprise me if she doesn't. My family sacrificed some while I amassed this port. We could have went on better vacations, had more new cars along the way etc. Nobody starved lol, but my wife taught my daughter to call me "Daddy-Neezer". It came out Daddy-neeza because she was young. She didn't even know what it meant yet lol.