As my FIRE timer winds down (OK, it's still a little vague but it is still ticking  ), one scenario is that things will be economically similar 6-12 months from now to how they are now.
At that point, the nest egg won't be quite as fat as I might have hoped but I would have been buying-in low for a year or more. I'd have plenty of cash on hand because that was the plan right along. No debts, probably a fun but modest part-time gig a couple days a week. I can weather 10-15 years without selling stocks if need be. Health insurance is assured, albeit on my own very heavy nickel. Plan to downsize but that can wait a few years.
I know the pundits say the scenario-from-hell is to retire smack into a recession or long bear market. I understand the arithmetic, but somehow it doesn't seem so bad (unless there's a serious once-in-a-century depression).
Am I missing something?
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Rich
Tampa, FL (ESR-bound. Really. I mean it. Seriously.)
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