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My pet peeve is that it took me an hour to cancel our Dish TV service for our vacation property. Called Frontier Communications which is the company that has been billing us for the services for the last 15 years. They had me call back to a different number and then they put me on hold until a...

I just finished reading Radical Sabbatical by Glen Tibaldeo and Laura Berger. Currently reading Escape from the Ordinary by Julie Bradley. Both books are helping me get in the mood for retirement in a month.

I will be retiring at the end of January on my 58th birthday. I joined this class way back in 2014. Plan to take the motorhome to Florida for February and March, then embark on a multi-month Fantasy RV Tour this summer to Alaska. Hoping this pandemic gets conquered because we have so many...

I’m two days ahead of you. My app says 647 days left. Never broke it down by minutes yet.

My dream is to retire when I turn 58 and reach full retirement age at work, and then immediately jump in our motor home and head south where it is warm in the winter. I envision being in the motor home for about 25 weeks a year touring the country and chasing 70 degree weather. I also plan to...

Newspapers............I read a daily newspaper for most of my adult life. Does anyone know of anyone under 35 years old that still reads a newspaper on a daily basis? I find that I read most of my news now online.

I took a two month paid sabbatical at age 51. Bought a motorhome and travelled all around the USA and Canada. Loved it.

You have asked the question that I have been asking myself before I started this thread. I have found that I have kept increasing my own personal minimum required net worth threshold to no longer be deemed to be part of the "middle class" or "working class". It is now ten times the number that...

Changing "Classes" I have always viewed myself as being part of the "working-class". It is probably because of my upbringing. Maybe that is why I have been able to save a relatively high percentage of my income over the last 30 years. I have been very fortunate and blessed. I...

The following article made a lot of sense to me when I read it exactly five years ago before today. I decided to stay 100% invested in equities after I read the article. Seeds of a New Boom for Stocks? -- The Motley Fool The stock market has generated about a 100% return over the last five...

I was up 16.2% overall across all accounts. Up 9.5% for the $ invested in mutual funds via my 401(k) plan. The $ invested in individual stocks via my taxable accounts generated a return of 19.95%. 2016 was a much better year than 2015. However, it sure didn't start out that way.

We own a 34 foot diesel pusher motor home. We have gone on a two month sabbatical rv trip all over the country as well as one week trips to Key West, New Orleans and Maine. We have also enjoyed going on weekend trips to music festivals, jeep festivals, college football games, punkin chunkin...

I agree. I'm at +469% since I bought the stock in 2012. I keep wondering how long the good times can last in such an unpredictable industry. I will probably soon donate some of my shares to charity to at least "recoup" my original investment. I wish I would have bought more shares.

Down1% across all accounts. This negative return wasn't as bad as 2008 when my taxable accounts were down 65%. Hopefully 2016 is like 2009 from an investment return perspective. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Up 2.4% including dividends. I'm glad that I didn't pay any investment advisory fees. I would have been pretty upset to have used half of my earnings to pay fees.

Our class has been super quiet in 2015. Have any of you thought about changing classes in light of the market treading water this year? I'm still happily in this class despite the investment returns this year?

I may have been too optimistic when I posted on this thread. Will we be able to make up some lost ground in the last quarter and finish strong? Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

I share your sentiment and opinion. Fortunately I luckily got in at $22 per share on almost a lark but the ride has been enjoyable so far. I wish I would have made a bigger investment in hindsight. I remember the price falling and falling right after the IPO. Sent from my iPad using Early...

1,000 shares of Home Depot. Bought almost all of the shares during the last financial crisis. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

We traveled from coast to coast and up into Canada twice. Here's a list of some of the places we visited: Cape Cod and Boston, MA Lake George and Lake Placid, NY Quebec City and Montreal Canton, OH St Louis and Branson, MO Route 66 sights on way to Flagstaff to see Grand Canyon and Sedonna...

Congratulations! We took a two month RV trip this past summer during my sabbatical. We had a great time and saw so much of the the USA and Canada. You will have a blast.

9.5% overall return in 2014 on my taxable accounts and 401(k) account. The 2014 return is less than 1/3 of the return I got in 2013. I got killed in 2014 on some energy sector investments in my taxable accounts plus I now have 45% of my 401k balance in the Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund to start...

I'm anxious to see Coach's prediction for 2015 since he nailed his Dow prediction for 2013. In the meantime.... Dow. 21,000 S&P. 2,300 Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

I agree. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing decade after decade after decade and expecting a different result. I also hope to travel to Cuba in the future. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

I'll join the class of 2021 too. I'll become fully vested in a deferred comp plan when I turn 58 in January of that year plus our youngest child will have just turned 21. In the meantime, I plan to work but still take the opportunity to do a lot of traveling. I could probably retire right now...