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from Flipboard : A Growing Cult of Millennials Is Obsessed With Early Retirement. This 72-Year-Old Is Their Unlikely Inspiration http://A Growing Cult of Millennials Is Obsessed With Early Retirement.

No regrets here. I'm in a little different situation (no wife, no dependents, very few obligations, and 2/3rds of the way to "my FIRE number") but I had a job I hated, so I quit on the spot. I then took a 3-week roadtrip seeing friends Ive been meaning to visit, reconnecting and just taking it...

I think I'm with you on this. I had a good paying job I liked in a part of the country I hated. I thought about FIRE every day so I could move home and be with the people I love. I couldn't wait that long though, so I quit when I found work here at home. Unfortunately the job in my hometown...

I stay in a lot of hotels and always take the leftover soap/mouthwash/shampoo that I don't use. If youre nice, the cleaning staff will even give you extra. I had so much, I gave a whole box worth to a homeless shelter.

I worked at a megacorp, and snooping through the shared files, I found a document. Im not sure if it was current or not, but it was definitely professional and looked like the real deal. "Supervisors guidelines to making pay decisions" There was a section on internal promotions. It...

Yep. Youll be dealing with pissed off people now. I wish I had read the post sooner my advice would have been: Provide solutions: Remember managers love people who basically do 99% of their work for them. Tactfully speak to the senior CW and shift supervisor and tell them how you would...

you don't need a million dollars to do nothing. Look at my cousin. Hes broke, don't do $hit. But seriously, have you considered that you could ER several years earlier with 600k? Its something to look into. And networthiq.com is a nice resource to track progress. Good luck and best wishes.

Good luck Klubbie, Im struggling with a very similar work situation. Same phase of my career as you as well. Thank God for FIRE, I don't understand how people can put up with working the same job for 35 years. Or even 5 years.

I was in this situation. It depends on how much you like your job, or in my instance, the location. I was a Northerner in a southern culture with a very lucrative megacorp job with a pension in a location where good jobs are...how shall I say...hard to come by. That said, very few people...

"Past performance of active managers is a very poor predictor of their future performance."

youre in Georgia. Check out the Masters and see if they need some extra help in april. should be an experience.

No breakfast. Aint got time for dat. Lunch was an overpriced calzone and a coke at an establishment which I shall not be revisiting as their service was slow and my food was cold. Dinner was skipped because I wanted to drink beer after work, which I did. Now Im hungry again. I just...

REITs fall under the stocks asset class. They help diversify a portfolio, but if youre going to utilize REITs most recommendations Ive seen say that they should be kept to a smallish amount of your portfolio. I personally own REITs only because I would like some real estate exposure, and I...

Always could be worse. Check out these stories from the chronically unemployed. 35 weeks of the series and still going strong, afaik. Granted, most of the case studies are total train-wrecks, but some of these will still make you thankful that you have a job....... .........and btw this is...

A Chipotle burrito; barbicoa with white rice, pinto beans, sour cream and extra cheese. cherry Coke to drink. Then a Marlboro menthol smooth. :dance: