Takeaway: Saving money is basically a way of buying back your own time. If you're 30 (the average age of a visitor to ALOP), and you retire at 62 (the US average), for every $18.12 you save today you buy back one day of your life in the future....
Money can buy you happiness, but only if used to do things as opposed to simply buy things.
Without a plan to combat lifestyle inflation, you won't save more as you earn more. Use a rule like the 40/40/15/5 rule to avoid that trap.
There is a movement of people who are retiring decades sooner, mostly by living simpler. This article is about the powerful financial principle behind why they're able to retire so early.
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