REWahoo
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Counting down the days to eR:
With ten working days left until eR (I'm 58, thus the lower case "e"), I'm in the "are you sure you know what the heck you're doing" pre-retirement phase. I got my paycheck yesterday and it really hit home that I will be getting only one more. Then they stop forever! Yes, I will (I hope) get SS at 62, but have no pension, just IRA/401k/savings after 5/27/05. The thought of no more paychecks hits much harder than the "this will probably be the last day off I ever have" gloating I did with my co-workers a couple of weeks ago when I took a Friday off.
I've been an avid reader and occasional poster on this forum since it began in June of 2002 and before that I was a participant in TMF board. It seems to me all posters fall into two general categories:
Trying to get to ER and seeking spending, savings & investment planning advice/moral support/handholding/a place to compare notes about how well they are doing on the road to ER/a place to vent about how much they hate their job, boss, commute, etc.
-or-
Retired (in some form) and seeking spending, savings & investment planning advice/moral support/handholding/a place to compare notes about how well they are doing in ER/a place to vent about concerns of running out of money before running out of life.
There are exceptions of course (who the heck knows why JG participates...but I suspect his DW doesn't regret the many hours he spends posting here rather than spending that "quality time" with her ), but most everyone else falls into one of those two camps. My point is this: Is the major psychological difference between the two (pre & post retirement) the trade off of hating your job/boss/commute vs. worring about making ends meet before you meet your end? Is that what it really all boils down to?
REW, close (very close) to eR and probably thinking too much...
With ten working days left until eR (I'm 58, thus the lower case "e"), I'm in the "are you sure you know what the heck you're doing" pre-retirement phase. I got my paycheck yesterday and it really hit home that I will be getting only one more. Then they stop forever! Yes, I will (I hope) get SS at 62, but have no pension, just IRA/401k/savings after 5/27/05. The thought of no more paychecks hits much harder than the "this will probably be the last day off I ever have" gloating I did with my co-workers a couple of weeks ago when I took a Friday off.
I've been an avid reader and occasional poster on this forum since it began in June of 2002 and before that I was a participant in TMF board. It seems to me all posters fall into two general categories:
Trying to get to ER and seeking spending, savings & investment planning advice/moral support/handholding/a place to compare notes about how well they are doing on the road to ER/a place to vent about how much they hate their job, boss, commute, etc.
-or-
Retired (in some form) and seeking spending, savings & investment planning advice/moral support/handholding/a place to compare notes about how well they are doing in ER/a place to vent about concerns of running out of money before running out of life.
There are exceptions of course (who the heck knows why JG participates...but I suspect his DW doesn't regret the many hours he spends posting here rather than spending that "quality time" with her ), but most everyone else falls into one of those two camps. My point is this: Is the major psychological difference between the two (pre & post retirement) the trade off of hating your job/boss/commute vs. worring about making ends meet before you meet your end? Is that what it really all boils down to?
REW, close (very close) to eR and probably thinking too much...