As far as I could tell, most scales tipped severely in one direction. I noticed that people who made $40,000 per year, retired at roughly the same age as people that made $125,000. They had approximately the same work schedules too. The folks that made $200,000 didn’t stop working any sooner than the people who made $450,000. They didn’t finish the day, the workweek, or even their careers any earlier. The likely explanation for this is that people’s lifestyles tend to elevate in direct parallel to their incomes. It’s easy to see, but why is it so common? Is there never an arrival destination
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