[synnik]

I've been working my butt off in the corporate world, trying to save a year of living expenses for my family of 5 in the suburbs, in hopes of quitting and doing my own thing once I had that cushion.

I hit the 9 month mark, then had major health issues that are wiping a lot of it out.

At first, I was fairly devastated. Then someone told me, "Isn't this exactly the kind of thing that savings is for?"

And you know what, it is. Sure, I wanted to quit my job in the near future. Sure, I wanted to be the rare married family guy who still had the flexibility to do startup work.

But how blessed and thankful I am that I am "only" going to have 3 months stored away after this is all done.

It is always good to keep things in perspective.