Afford Anything · Friday, August 28, 2026
Sahil Bloom shared a pivotal moment in May 2021 when a friend's stark reminder of the limited number of times he would see his parents before they passed away led him to a significant life change. This realization prompted him and his wife to move back to the East Coast to be closer to their families.
“And he just looked at me and said, "Okay, so you're going to see your parents 15 more times before they die."”
“The idea that the amount of time you have left with the people you love most in the world is so finite, so countable, that you can literally put it on a few hands was just jarring to me.”
“And within 45 days, I had left my job on the West Coast, we had sold our house in California, and moved back to the East Coast to live within driving distance of both of our sets of parents.”