[JoeC]

I don't really look at it this way, though I see where you're coming from.

My thoughts are, if you can live by the principles in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, you will eventually reach a point where you have enough money to retire off of, and spend as much money as you desire without doing much damage to your nest egg.

It probably helps that I have NO interest in living the typical suburban, $100,000 a year life down the line... to me, having to work long hours to make payments on the mortgage and the Lexus just sucks. If I have to live like a miser for awhile to avoid this, so be it.