Enjoy the Journey

I came across this article (I'd Rather Be Young by Budgets Are Sexy) online, where the author mentions that he prefers to be young rather than be an older person who has accomplished a goal that he is striving towards (eg buying a house, retiring or paying off debt). I think this is an interesting take on things. Why do we keep rushing to complete our goals, be it attaining financial freedom, buying a house, etc, instead of enjoying the now.

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Sure, it would be nice to have accomplished those goals, but looking forward to the time passing and counting the number of days, months or years until we manage to reach that goal is only wasting our time and sacrificing our current enjoyment. Part of the joy is getting to any destination is in the journey, so we probably shouldn't try to rush it or focus only on the destination to ruin our enjoyment of the journey of getting there.

While we look a lot at the time value of money with compound interest and what have you, but don't be too caught up in all that and forget to enjoy the time that is actually passing now. So, while we are working toward our own goals and saving to achieve them, remember to take some time to smell the roses and enjoy the journey to attain that goal,

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