re: How Many of You Make Enough to "Live Comfortably "?

I may be doing better than I ever thought I would.

It started by getting a useful degree (CS) and staying employed and well paid now for 30 years. Early fifties. Paid my house off 17 years ago. No car payments. No student loans. No debt of any kind. Our house (3k sq ft, 260k in early 2000s) is nice but reasonable. We bought new cars but they were modest and we drove them a long time.

The last kid just graduated college so we are empty nesters. Wife is semi-retired.

I pretty much don't even look at my account balances anymore. It's not an issue. We are traveling more than we did before and have "upped" our game a bit on dining out, the cars we drive, etc.

Retirement is still something to watch. I *think* I'm doing well but that's hard to predict. Between pension, 401k , roth, and SS we should be fine.