Recent content by Keever1

I don't want to assume that my situation and experience will be identical to a majority of other FIRE candidates, but, from my extensive reading on this and other like forums, my experience feels comparable to many and well aligned in both circumstance and execution. A few observations that I...

Response to all the GREAT replies and questions It’s so great to hear from so many kindred spirits and the reinforcement of your experiences- THANK YOU! For many of you i’d Love to get together and talk, over a glass of wine at 10AM ;) Yes, because we can. To me the spirit of this group is...

I write this because, prior to my own FIRE, I searched for stories/details of what happens after one pulls the trigger. After 4 years of consideration I pulled the plug on high stress Silicon Valley (I live in middle US) job and retired at 60. Firstly, many who said I would be bored or...

Bored, no, not at all. Assuring the things you do with your day make a material difference in your day to day life and the quality of that life, self satisfaction and purpose, seems really important

So you have found that the money so,ewhat gets integrated as a long term safety blanket rather than a buy a ______ or take a trip?

After securing the required long term savings for an ER (60 yrs old, Oct 18) we put aside several hundred thousand dollars to act somewhat as a discretionary fund for the years 60-70. I manage that money separately in investments that outpace inflation but also not locked down enough to prevent...

First month timing important After 5 years of intense personal and financial calculations, Oct 2018 and 60 years old was the finish line. I dedicated 30 days without plans to help switch off the stresses of constant int’l business travel, 24x7 business mgmt, and the electronic teathers of...