Third of Ten Commandments of “Retirement”

III. Keep The Balance

When I was 23, I knew a guy who committed suicide.  We attended an 8-week course together.  On week 6, we all noticed that our classmate “Bob” was missing, and asked where he was.

Instructor says, “Bob committed suicide last night.  Let me say this, if I may.  I like to think of life as a wheel, and how all the aspects of your life can be represented by spokes.  There’s faith, family, money, work, relationships, etc.  All of the elements in our lives are like spokes on a wheel.   Turns out that Bob had a bunch of uneven spokes, and his wheel didn’t roll very well.”

I don’t remember much from that class.  But I remember the lesson that Bob taught me. I want to keep all of my spokes approximately the same length.

The wheel rolls better that way.

SOURCE: https://www.theretirementmanifesto.com/the-ten-commandments-of-retirement/