I was talking with a person today who pretty much grew up with a family that was involved in a business that was exciting yet very physically demanding. The interesting thing is that there are a lot of people who struggle to even get the opportunities that he does where they often do a side job in pursuit of their real passion. However, he was expressing that when he thought about it the line of work is not something he can continue doing for the rest of his life due to wear and tear of your body that it would cause. Therefore, he pretty much decide to jump out of it as a full time career and focused on something more corporate.
I have never really been in this position when it comes to a career as I believe everything I do I can continue to do regardless of my age. If I chose a career that is extremely demanding on the body where you have to retire pretty fast at an early age then I would expect to be financially compensated enough for the rest of the years where I wouldn’t be able to do it anymore. In that sense for me it’s not so much about planning different careers but rather determining the lifestyle I would want.
Like saying, if you are a professional athlete that gets hit in the head all the time then you need to think about your worth and how much you need to make for once you retire. It’s almost the same as working in a less demanding 9 to 5 job except you have to think about planning for your retirement funds and all right away. It’s just more fast tracked I would say in terms of financial planning.
For myself anyways it’s more about wanting to try new things as once I conquer one goal then I tend to want to try new things as well. Age itself doesn’t play too big of a factor.