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11-11-2012, 05:58 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Add me to the list! First day of retirement is Dec 25, Christmas day, age 51.
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11-11-2012, 10:16 AM
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#522
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Congratulations Rambler! Now, let's just hope the Mayans are wrong about 12-21-12. 
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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Retired at 49. Catching up on life's simple pleasures.
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11-12-2012, 07:09 AM
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#523
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 231
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Originally Posted by Rambler
Add me to the list! First day of retirement is Dec 25, Christmas day, age 51.
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Congratulations Rambler !!!
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11-14-2012, 03:54 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Evansville
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Well, I have resigned effective 12/1/12. I'm calling it a sabbatical, but in my mind it's a possible retirement. After achieving FI a couple of years ago, I spent 18 months quietly wrapping up my old role for the acquiring company. It was dull, but the incentives to finish were significant, and I enjoyed the way my personal life opened up when I worked a straight 40 hour schedule. I have spent the past six months working for a chaotic young company in a much more demanding role.
Taking the new position was a mistake. The satisfaction that comes from earning money is modest now, and my level of patience for common workplace stressors like people with personal agendas at odds with the organization's best interest has declined a lot. If I take paying work in the future, it will need to be something I would be happy to do for free.
I'm looking forward to getting involved with my daughter's last year of home school (8th grade) and otherwise puttering. I'm not going to make any new commitments for a while.
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FI since 2010 due to stock proceeds from sale of long-time employer, RE in 2012 at age 49. Married w/ 5 kids ages 14-23.
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11-14-2012, 05:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: midwestern city
Posts: 4,061
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Congratulations !
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Originally Posted by Marc1962
Well, I have resigned effective 12/1/12. I'm calling it a sabbatical, but in my mind it's a possible retirement. .
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Very conservative with investments. Not ER'd yet, 48 years old. Please do not take anything I write or imply as legal, financial or medical advice directed to you. Contact your own financial advisor, healthcare provider, or attorney for financial, medical and legal advice.
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11-21-2012, 03:02 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by Marc1962
Well, I have resigned effective 12/1/12. I'm calling it a sabbatical, but in my mind it's a possible retirement. After achieving FI a couple of years ago, I spent 18 months quietly wrapping up my old role for the acquiring company. It was dull, but the incentives to finish were significant, and I enjoyed the way my personal life opened up when I worked a straight 40 hour schedule. I have spent the past six months working for a chaotic young company in a much more demanding role.
Taking the new position was a mistake. The satisfaction that comes from earning money is modest now, and my level of patience for common workplace stressors like people with personal agendas at odds with the organization's best interest has declined a lot. If I take paying work in the future, it will need to be something I would be happy to do for free.
I'm looking forward to getting involved with my daughter's last year of home school (8th grade) and otherwise puttering. I'm not going to make any new commitments for a while. |
Good for you! Christmas day will be my first day of retirement, and I can hardly wait. I couldn't agree more with your comment on taking paying work in the future only if it something you'd be happy to do for free. The office politics, bureaucracy, stress, and pressure are no longer tolerable and work that I would be happy to do for free would not contain elements of that nature.
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11-21-2012, 06:20 PM
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#527
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Congrats Mark1962 ...
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11-30-2012, 01:59 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012! 
My original plan was to ER 16 months from now, but this j*b just wasn't a good fit and so the organization and I have agreed to go our separate ways. I am looking forward to a healthier lifestyle, more time with friends and family, and freedom! I may do some consulting, but have no plans to take on a high pressure j*b again.
I am so thankful to be FIRE!
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11-30-2012, 02:09 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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Let me be the first to congratulate you!
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11-30-2012, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
My original plan was to ER 16 months from now, but this j*b just wasn't a good fit and so the organization and I have agreed to go our separate ways. I am looking forward to a healthier lifestyle, more time with friends and family, and freedom! I may do some consulting, but have no plans to take on a high pressure j*b again.
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Congratulations! I think that you had to move to take that job. Will you stay at your new location?
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11-30-2012, 02:15 PM
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#531
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,500
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Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
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11-30-2012, 02:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
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Congratulations! I think that you had to move to take that job. Will you stay at your new location?
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No plans to move at present. It's a good ER location with lots to do, mild winters, hot summers and a major airport.
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11-30-2012, 02:45 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: N. Yorkshire
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Congratulations Meadbh
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Retired in Jan, 2010 at 55, moved to England in May 2016
Enough private pension and SS income to cover all needs
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11-30-2012, 02:57 PM
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#534
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NC Triangle
Posts: 5,807
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Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
I am so thankful to be FIRE! |
Ooooh, yeah! Great way to end the year
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11-30-2012, 03:17 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: The Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
I am so thankful to be FIRE! |
Congrats!!!
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100% x 10% > 10% x 100%
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11-30-2012, 03:35 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
My original plan was to ER 16 months from now, but this j*b just wasn't a good fit and so the organization and I have agreed to go our separate ways. I am looking forward to a healthier lifestyle, more time with friends and family, and freedom! I may do some consulting, but have no plans to take on a high pressure j*b again.
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Congratulations!!! I hear you on "maybe a little consulting but no plans to take on a high pressure j*b". Same here...no more pressure! I'll be right behind you on 25 Dec, my first day of FIRE. Can't wait!
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11-30-2012, 04:27 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
I am so thankful to be FIRE! |
Congrats!
Once one has reached the point of FI, the RE part is just a matter of when one decides to walk off a job. To be able to leave on one's own terms when one feels like it is great! It's an option that many highly-paid people would never know because they do not practice LBYM. Should we pity them? Nah!
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11-30-2012, 04:27 PM
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#538
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 12,901
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Originally Posted by Meadbh
No plans to move at present. It's a good ER location with lots to do, mild winters, hot summers and a major airport.
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Sounds great. Enjoy!
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11-30-2012, 08:28 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
My original plan was to ER 16 months from now, but this j*b just wasn't a good fit and so the organization and I have agreed to go our separate ways. I am looking forward to a healthier lifestyle, more time with friends and family, and freedom! I may do some consulting, but have no plans to take on a high pressure j*b again.
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Congratulations !
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12-01-2012, 09:10 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Chicagoland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Drum roll....... Meadbh just joined the class of 2012!
My original plan was to ER 16 months from now, but this j*b just wasn't a good fit and so the organization and I have agreed to go our separate ways. I am looking forward to a healthier lifestyle, more time with friends and family, and freedom! I may do some consulting, but have no plans to take on a high pressure j*b again.
I am so thankful to be FIRE! |
Another congratulations, hoping ER is everything you hoped it would be.
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