It's not easy. I was fully engaged on the hamster wheel of a soul sucking professional career for decades. It was sheer misery 24/7/365.

My overall health deteriorated to the point where I was compelled to review some long standing life insurance policies. Flipping through the blizzard of written terms, conditions and exclusions I thought something like 'I'm looking forward to dying to put an end to all of this'.

I said to hell with it. Dusted off some old technical skills from my youth, sold nearly everything and took a job in a war zone at age 50. Yes it's a bit dangerous at times and aggravating most of the time. But the job itself is easy; I'm off duty by 2 p.m. five days a week. Not having to pay taxes and almost no expenses has allowed me to stack PMs like crazy and travel a fair bit. I can retire this year, but I'll probably keep riding the wave until metals go parabolic or I hit the mandatory retirement age of 60. Best part is that if I "get got" and die tomorrow-- No Regrets!