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So, The good news is that both me and DW feel comfortable about pulling the plug in 5 years. I am 42 and she is 39. We are pretty well set up financially but will be saving heavily to be comfortably to FIRE in 5 years. The question I have is where is the best place to put the next 5 years of...

The danger with pensions is being married to a job you hate in order to have a secure retirement. DW has a job with a great pension but hates it her job. She is considering leaving it for a position that will challenge her. She has had this pension influence her decision to stay or go and the...

Me and DW have applied this "extra" to the slush fund. We use it for home improvement and other items that aren't budgeted but we want. We also noted that saving the little extra would not really decrease the amount of time to get to FI significantly. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement...

I suspect that's what happened here. Her mentor is a woman and i think it is easier for her to see herself in a similar position 10 years from now. This is so frustrating because there is no easy answer. The It has to be beyond promoting women because my boss is a woman, my bosses boss is a...

I thought this might be interesting for the group so here it goes. I'm an engineer that manages a group of about 6 and we had just hired a fresh graduate about 4 months ago. She is incredibly sharp but she decided that engineering is not for her (I'm not biased at all :) ). Instead she is going...

I totally agree with this. I just listened to this podcast and it was insightful and inspiring. Most of my ER focus has been on the tangible elements such as income, expenses and portfolio. I've been searching for insight on the non tangible elements and this podcast helped. He mentioned how we...

I've noticed this and me and the DW have discussed this. There are many different scenarios and we both agree that OMY is a likely scenario. We are also laser focused on being FI. They are independent of each other in our minds. Thanks for the Lucky wishes!!!

I've scoped this out at the local library and will try to pick it up and give it a shot. Thanks for the recommendation.

That's essentially what we are doing and that's our approach. They are in different accounts and they don't come-mingle. There's less risk of us thinking we are smarter than we actually are. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Thanks 2B for the reference, I'll check it out as I tend to agree with you. DW likes to play around with individual stocks and they are a low percentage of the overall amount.

I'm 40 and the DW is 37. We are in the southern part of the state and we have interests that we "think" we would enjoy if we didn't have to go to work. I guess you would never know until you do it. Work keeps us busy and connected to others. Once that's gone, we will need to figure out a way to...

Greetings from the great state of Nevada and thanks to everyone who has posted in this forum as it has inspired me and the DW to seriously consider FIRE. We are DINKWADs with great incomes (250,000 combined) and we have been methodically knocking out all debt for the last 10 years including 2...