My wife and I really only started saving saving for retirement a little over 15 years ago (why is another story), when I started with my current employer. I was 40 then (accepted their offer about two weeks before 9/11).
With the recent death of a relative, who left everything to my wife, and the final settling of the estate and transference of all the assets, our invested assets are now in the (very low) 7 figures.
With our current savings rate, which has much improved over the last 5 years after I woke up and stopped wasting money on useless endeavors, I can now actually see a possibility of retiring at 60. Not at all as early as some folks here, but I'm still trying to internalize and process this welcome knowledge.
As for "the problem": I can't get it out of my head and wonder how I'm going to keep my head in the w*rking game for another 3.5 years.
I'm already mentally ready to leave the work force (been working since I was 13). Fortunately my wife has recently returned to work after being a SAHM for 20 years, and she is also going back to school for a teaching certificate (she's a born teacher and is 7 years younger). She sees herself working another 10-15 years. I'd be very content being a house husband...I'm a habitual cleaner and love to cook and love home improvement projects.
I tell my wife my favorite "fantasy" (no, not that kind) is handing her her bagged lunch for work every day and ushering her out the door, and then having her return to a spotless house and a nicely cooked meal on the table.
The recent inheritance has just melted my drive and motivation at work. Can't wait to get out...it can't come soon enough...
Just thinkin' out loud. Thanks for listening.
With the recent death of a relative, who left everything to my wife, and the final settling of the estate and transference of all the assets, our invested assets are now in the (very low) 7 figures.
With our current savings rate, which has much improved over the last 5 years after I woke up and stopped wasting money on useless endeavors, I can now actually see a possibility of retiring at 60. Not at all as early as some folks here, but I'm still trying to internalize and process this welcome knowledge.
As for "the problem": I can't get it out of my head and wonder how I'm going to keep my head in the w*rking game for another 3.5 years.
I'm already mentally ready to leave the work force (been working since I was 13). Fortunately my wife has recently returned to work after being a SAHM for 20 years, and she is also going back to school for a teaching certificate (she's a born teacher and is 7 years younger). She sees herself working another 10-15 years. I'd be very content being a house husband...I'm a habitual cleaner and love to cook and love home improvement projects.
I tell my wife my favorite "fantasy" (no, not that kind) is handing her her bagged lunch for work every day and ushering her out the door, and then having her return to a spotless house and a nicely cooked meal on the table.
The recent inheritance has just melted my drive and motivation at work. Can't wait to get out...it can't come soon enough...
Just thinkin' out loud. Thanks for listening.