Hello
I can't begin to tell you all how excited I am to have stumbled onto this site (via a recent article in the paper). I'm 41 and have been thinking and planning for ER for a few years now, especially after reading The Millionaire Next Door. I used the firecalc the other day, putting in 45 years of retirement and it gave me a 91% probability of success, but I just made a guesstimate on my annual expenses. I'm looking forward to reading through this forum and try to digest any and all advice towards this goal.
I've got approx $1.5 mil stashed away but still feel that I'll need a lot more since my 3 boys are pretty young (18months, 4 and 6 yrs) and also worry about health insurance costs. Plus we're still planning on having at least 1 more child! Our current plan is to go (very) part time at 45, live on a lot less income, and not have to worry about contributing any more for retirement, and call it quits a few years after that. Compared to working fulltime, I feel like I can definitely enjoy work much more on a part time basis, and take away some of the worry of "not having enough".
Anyway thanks to all for a great forum for ER-something I've been looking for and didn't even realize it!
I can't begin to tell you all how excited I am to have stumbled onto this site (via a recent article in the paper). I'm 41 and have been thinking and planning for ER for a few years now, especially after reading The Millionaire Next Door. I used the firecalc the other day, putting in 45 years of retirement and it gave me a 91% probability of success, but I just made a guesstimate on my annual expenses. I'm looking forward to reading through this forum and try to digest any and all advice towards this goal.
I've got approx $1.5 mil stashed away but still feel that I'll need a lot more since my 3 boys are pretty young (18months, 4 and 6 yrs) and also worry about health insurance costs. Plus we're still planning on having at least 1 more child! Our current plan is to go (very) part time at 45, live on a lot less income, and not have to worry about contributing any more for retirement, and call it quits a few years after that. Compared to working fulltime, I feel like I can definitely enjoy work much more on a part time basis, and take away some of the worry of "not having enough".
Anyway thanks to all for a great forum for ER-something I've been looking for and didn't even realize it!