You're financially independent if you have $15,000 coming in and $14,900 going out.
Don't Mess Around with Reality and Reality Won't Mess Around with You.
Get Creative - You Will Surprise Yourself and Change the World!
To fear retirement is to fear life.
When you find yourself on the side of majority, question yourself about what you are doing and why. It is likely wrong.
The best advice that anyone can give you for choosing a specific career is never to accept someone else's advice. Indeed, one of the biggest reasons for choosing the career you have chosen should be that no one told you to.