We know someone who was just laid off--similar age and family status. It makes me think of the differences to us. He is very concerned, will have to find something else sooner rather than later, etc.
Were I am to be laid off, it could be the best thing that ever happened to me. Not yet willing to RE, but likely FI by most measurements, I think it might take something happening to me from the outside (change at work, layoff, crisis within the family), to get me to make the jump.
While not gloating, it is certainly a great feeling to know that because we LBYM, we can be in our 40's and not have to worry about the paycheck and what might happen to it, while so many Americans even in their 60's cannot say the same. I know we, and many of us here, may not be living the American Dream (spend until it truly hurts), but it is so nice not be be caught in a financial squeeze.
Were I am to be laid off, it could be the best thing that ever happened to me. Not yet willing to RE, but likely FI by most measurements, I think it might take something happening to me from the outside (change at work, layoff, crisis within the family), to get me to make the jump.
While not gloating, it is certainly a great feeling to know that because we LBYM, we can be in our 40's and not have to worry about the paycheck and what might happen to it, while so many Americans even in their 60's cannot say the same. I know we, and many of us here, may not be living the American Dream (spend until it truly hurts), but it is so nice not be be caught in a financial squeeze.