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Signs you're ready to retire
09-12-2014, 01:20 PM
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Signs you're ready to retire
9 Signs You Need To Retire Immediately
Number 4 was especially true, Office Space was a great movie quote.
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09-12-2014, 01:28 PM
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#2
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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#3, #3, #3...
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09-12-2014, 02:04 PM
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#3
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10. You find yourself drawn to articles with names like "Signs You Need to Immediately Retire".
11. You change the projection assumptions to bring your portfolio in line with the 95% probable success line.
12. You hang out in the "Young dreamers" section of early-retirement.org forums.
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13. You tell your boss that you are unhappy with his performance because he persists in giving you better performance ratings than you deserve. Therefore you have decided you can take the undeserved bonuses no longer and are tendering your resignation as of the last day of the year.
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09-12-2014, 02:25 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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I didn't see mine.
So for #10: While at work, you spend more time (and effort) keeping up your retirement planning spreadsheets and projections than you do anything else.
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09-12-2014, 03:30 PM
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1, 2, 3, 5, and 9 apply to me.
10. I spend much of my time at work surfing this forum. I suspect, once I RE, I will kiss goodby to this forum - no time to surf the net.
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09-12-2014, 07:27 PM
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Car-Guy
I didn't see mine.
So for #10: While at work, you spend more time (and effort) keeping up your retirement planning spreadsheets and projections than you do anything else.
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+1
#10 While at work run all calculators (Firecalc, Fido RIP, I-orp, FRP, ESplanner) daily.
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09-13-2014, 12:23 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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#10: Every morning you want to phone the office and say "I can't come to work today. The voices command me to stay home and clean my guns".
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09-13-2014, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Car-Guy
So for #10: While at work, you spend more time (and effort) keeping up your retirement planning spreadsheets and projections than you do anything else.
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Are you watching me at my own cube?
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FIRE no later than 7/5/2016 at 56 (done), securing '16 401K match (done), getting '15 401K match (done), LTI Bonus (done), Perf bonus (done), maxing out 401K (done), picking up 1,000 hours to get another year of pension (done), July 1st benefits (vacation day, healthcare) (done), July 4th holiday. 0 days left. (done) OFFICIALLY RETIRED 7/5/2016!!
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09-13-2014, 08:57 AM
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gone traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Car-Guy
I didn't see mine.
So for #10: While at work, you spend more time (and effort) keeping up your retirement planning spreadsheets and projections than you do anything else.
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I was always amazed at the post counts some of our members accumulated at work. Wish I had a job or leadership team that would have allowed that 
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09-13-2014, 08:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tadpole
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13. You tell your boss that you are unhappy with his performance because he persists in giving you better performance ratings than you deserve. Therefore you have decided you can take the undeserved bonuses no longer and are tendering your resignation as of the last day of the year.
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Now this one has some real possibilities. I've been wondering what to write in my letter of resignation.
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09-13-2014, 11:25 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bssc
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I'll add my own, which I plan to do myself starting this November...
You carry a copy of your resignation letter with you to work each day, ready to sign and turn in if the BS bucket overflows that day.
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09-14-2014, 07:47 AM
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Write the letter you wish you could write. Then write the letter you should write. Burn the first. Send the second.
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09-14-2014, 07:49 AM
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For me it's #7. I also liked to fantasize getting in my car, driving toward work, then keep on driving. That would put me on the Jersey Shore in about 3 hours.
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