I am 45 years old so already considered a senior runner for age...lol  You do see a huge difference in your body from your 20's and 30's to your 40's.20's to 30's I noticed a slight difference occasionally but negligible.

They have both been invaluable to me in different ways, which I think about in context of the E-Myth's paradigm of working "In" your business vs. working "On" your business.The REI mentor started out as an informal/unpaid relationship where I would occasionally ask him a few questions (I tried to be respectful of his time and not overwhelm him).  

Also nothing wrong with having nice things, I will occasionally splurge.

I do charity only when I occasionally hit a very large tax break, otherwise you are helping before helping youself.

(Minus the occasional person who says they purchased 500 units today, only to find our they are a 2% owner in a syndication). 

I define wealthy as such: with a reasonable standard of living (I'm not talking about living in a tent), meaning a decent house, utilities, enough to eat, catastrophic insurance coverage (home, medical, car), something to drive, and a little "sauce" for an occasional vacation or night on the town - if you woke up tomorrow and decided "Hey, I don't think I'm going to work any more" - could you continue that standard of living, indefinitely, barring some catastrophic event that cannot be reasonably guarded against (a meteor hitting the earth, for example)? 

I occasionally volunteer my time but I can only imagine what it would feel like to be able to fund a community project, pay for someone’s education, maybe a trip to see loved ones they have not seen for years, help out after a natural disaster or anything like that.

I still put in 55 - 60 hours a week and occasionally still have to sacrifice but not like the beginning.Some people will say getting wealthy takes luck.

Our Ins Broker (who we have sent a LOT of referrals to) occasionally sends us a $15 gift card for a pizza or donuts???

The 59 year old land rover.An EV is actually a great machine for rentals -  Fuel cost is cheap - maintenance  (assuming you buy an OEM one I don't expect everybody is going to DIY build one like I did) is basically nonexistent,  but you can still get the whole mileage deduction if you do that,   and near silent operation means its easier to sneak up on the occasional misbehaving tenant.