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by HeyLaughingBoy 6197 days ago
Figuring life out doesn't have to take money.

You only get what Mary Oliver calls "your one wild and precious life." So if living it well means giving up the 401k, walking away from the house and filing bankruptcy, then that's a valid choice.

[edit] I keep that poem on my desktop so I can read the last two lines every day and it is slowly coming to influence the decisions I make:

"Tell me what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life?"