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https://www.rgj.com/story/money/2019/09/27/5-reasons-to-retire-as-early-as-you-can/40202767/

..of a physician that I used to call on regularly from 2006-2013. He loved investing. Asked me about my start up company. Told him I was confident in our pipeline which was why I left big pharma to take a chance along with a lot of stock. In November of 2013 my small pharma company was...

Curious who else has a zero withdrawal rate. Income that meets or exceeds expenses.

Thankfully, guitars are much easier to string. I’ll do the Guitar’s but my stringer is going to be busy this weekend.

Got 5 quotes. One company, well established, been around for 35 years, sent a drone over my house to measure. The rest of the companies did it the old fashioned way....you know, guy on the roof taking measurements. The drone company came in with the lowest bid by nearly 4K! All the others said...

I have always worked out of my home. I have been streaming Pandora in my home office and patio since forever it seems. You?

Huge fan of my little JBL Flip 4 and Xtreme. Huge deep sound.

Curious what everyone is using for pic and documents. Been happy with GoogleDrive. Even though I have recently switched back to an IPhone i find iCloud as irritating as iTunes.

Pre retirement I spent a lot of time here asking you all questions........are all the retirement calculators right????? Can I do it even though all of them say yes. Thank you for all the support and advice. It’s like the kid who is afraid to jump off the diving board. So much turmoil! I now...

Haven’t posted here since retiring in January. I see no one noticed or missed me!!! LOL Anyway, I could not justify or tolerate their fees any longer. They were churning and churning 20 some odd funds in an IRA all with below average results. I called them this morning. They resisted and...

I’ve got music streaming, re-gripped 4 tennis frames, ordered a few things from Amazon, playing my guitars, and best of all..........no work stuff! Just fun stuff!

Today on and off that heavy oppressive feeling that comes on Sunday....dreading the start of another work week.....came. I kept having to tell myself numerous times today.........YOU ARE RETIRED...ITS OVER. It’s even a holiday in which I would have had 2 extra days anyway and still found myself...

Sorry my retirement announcement thread from last Friday got closed down due to some very distasteful remarks from one individual before I had the chance to respond to some questions asked by some of you. I was so excited to share my retirement with this group! Although I was burned out from...

I gave my notice in September that I was going to retire on March 29,2019. Company was hammering reps who were below quota and letting them go or making them miserable. Medical sales to specialists. Tough group, some of the smartest people on the planet. Then two weeks ago I was pressured to...

Wife and I are the same age 63. Both born in March of 1955. She has only worked part time during our 40 years of marriage. So last year at 62 she started taking SS and continued working part time. I am obviously the much higher wage earner. I am planning to start SS this coming March at age...

We just got back from just under 3 weeks of perfect weather vacation at our condo in Florida with our kids, grandkids, some nieces, sisters etc. Just the most fun vacation I think I have ever had. Sister and mom have condos 2 miles from ours. Went to the beach, dinners outside, dinners...

I was having lunch today with one of my endocrinology offices and I heard one of the physicians say how she was telling a patient that the average life expectancy in the United States for a male is 78.7 years. I thought that seems low so we googled it and she’s right! Dang, I might need to...

Just checking. No white wine lovers.....Just real wine lovers. Kidding... Your fav.

Life in Del Boca Vista....for Florida snowbirds..your story. A little history first. We live in Ohio. My Grandparents had a SW Florida condo when we were little, loved visiting. Would go down on Christmas break. My sister and I would call friends “long distance “ remember that??? And...

Planning on pulling the plug in March. Checking out ACA plans. I can keep our income down to $45-50K. Looks like my cost would be around $789 month for a $3,000 deductible/$10,000 max. Anyone have any experience with it?

4 and a half years ago we bought a new Maytag washer and dryer. That washer had so many menus and electronics I thought.....sure for $100 I’ll buy the 5 year warranty. First time ever for me. Well it went on the fritz a few weeks ago. They couldn’t fix it as the motherboard and a few other...

I am in medical device sales. High pressure and high stress from physicians and from megacorp for more sales. Neither is ever happy. Got a new manager. Calls me today and says, “My name is XXX and I will be in the field with you all day on Wednesday. We will review your sales numbers. I want...

I am always getting their mailers asking me to join. So for you that have joined do you think it’s worth it? just curious

Someday I’m going to hang on the line and ask them if they have a clue about their database. Try someone not in their 60’s!

I am 63. Planning on retiring in March at age 64. Just checked...my COBRA for Aetna PPO and dental comes out to right around $17,600 per year. It’s a $1,000 deductible. Just my wife and I. No pre existing conditions. What say ye wise ones?