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today we are talking to paul who joins us from chicago hello paul what's going on hello how are you

jill nice to meet you good to meet you what's going on what can we do you know um i feel very fortunate

um i've been working hard for many many years, and I find myself at a crossroads.

I'm trying to figure out, can I get off the rat race and can I potentially downsize work,

you know, to a sort of second act before finally retiring.

I like it.

So we're looking for a glide path, but not a like, I must get out because I'm miserable,

but like a different trajectory slowing down a little bit because you've saved a bunch of money.

Is that fair?

Yeah.

And the question is, how quickly can that glide path be executed?

Is it 18 months?

Is it five years?

Is it eight years?

That kind of thing.

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