Closet_Gamer
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Effective January 1, 2024 I am a free man!
I wouldn’t let myself post anything until it was totally signed … and it is!
I posted in 2022 that I had moved towards the exit. ( https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/a-big-step-towards-the-door-113757.html )
By late summer my BS bucket was overflowing. The work I was doing was quite interesting but knowing that I had the ability to retire was making it difficult to tolerate the politics and drama. DW and I decided that it was time to exit.
It wound up being a complicated exit journey but I made it … including getting a package. And by sticking it out an extra year, we did manage to get the beach house closer to the beach.
I’m sure this is going to be a huge adjustment on many levels. We are well prepared financially and we have good ideas of what we will do with our time, but I have no illusion that shifting gears after 30 years of go-go-go, climb-climb-climb corporate life will be challenging at times.
During the holidays I always have a mental counter keeping track of how many days until I have to go back to work. Multiple times each day I had a little voice that says “5 days”, “3 days”, "1 day" … this year I’ve had to stop myself and say “No, not this time.”
I managed to FIRE at age 52. I owe the people on this board a huge thank you. I’ve been a member of this community since 2011. You’ve given me motivation, counsel and focus over the years. I hope to pay that forward to other people in this community.
I’ve averaged 0.28 posts/day over the last twelve years. That will probably increase!
Woohoo!!
I wouldn’t let myself post anything until it was totally signed … and it is!
I posted in 2022 that I had moved towards the exit. ( https://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/a-big-step-towards-the-door-113757.html )
By late summer my BS bucket was overflowing. The work I was doing was quite interesting but knowing that I had the ability to retire was making it difficult to tolerate the politics and drama. DW and I decided that it was time to exit.
It wound up being a complicated exit journey but I made it … including getting a package. And by sticking it out an extra year, we did manage to get the beach house closer to the beach.
I’m sure this is going to be a huge adjustment on many levels. We are well prepared financially and we have good ideas of what we will do with our time, but I have no illusion that shifting gears after 30 years of go-go-go, climb-climb-climb corporate life will be challenging at times.
During the holidays I always have a mental counter keeping track of how many days until I have to go back to work. Multiple times each day I had a little voice that says “5 days”, “3 days”, "1 day" … this year I’ve had to stop myself and say “No, not this time.”
I managed to FIRE at age 52. I owe the people on this board a huge thank you. I’ve been a member of this community since 2011. You’ve given me motivation, counsel and focus over the years. I hope to pay that forward to other people in this community.
I’ve averaged 0.28 posts/day over the last twelve years. That will probably increase!
Woohoo!!
