Happy anniversary to me
Been FIRE'd for one year today. Happy Anniversary to me (and my wife).
Like someone else said on here, the days go by slowly, but the years go by fast. I honestly can't believe it was a year ago today I hit refresh every 3 seconds on my bank account to see if we were "there" yet.
A year later, I can't believe I ever had time to do anything while I was still w*rking full-time (more than full-time actually). The best days in retirement are the days where we do absolutely nothing. Take my kid to school, come home and exercise, then spend the rest of the day with my wife - eating, shopping, watching tv, playing video games, chatting with friends and family. When I owned my business, I was making life-altering decisions for 1500+ clients around the country, ate stress for snacks, and never once got to take my kid to/from school. Now the most important decision I make every day (no joke) is which bottle of wine to open with dinner.
Early retirement has been nothing like what everyone (not on this site) told it would be. All the talk about how bored I'd be, how I'd be dying to start my next business, how I'd be stir crazy and suffer from rock fever no matter where I was. All nonsense. The total lack of real stress, the view from our Sonoma County house-on-the-hill, the trade of stress for relaxation -- it's heaven.
I accomplished almost nothing this year project wise and the best part is...it doesn't matter. I love it.