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When I was in the Navy I had a shipmate who had been forced into a three year extension before he could retire. He had a home and family in Idaho, but was living in a senior enlisted barracks room (basically a studio apartment) in San Diego.
He once told me that if they'd let him retire he'd be out of the gate that afternoon.
I said "But it would take you longer than that to get your stuff out of your room."
He said "It's just stuff, I can get more stuff."
I've remembered that and have tried to live by it for nearly 40 years now.
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