Midpack
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
No idea why I chose that title...except to get you to look (obviously it worked).
A post on another thread prompted this one, but I didn't post there so as not to 'rain on anyone's parade.' It's a recurring thought when I read on this forum, that I've never gotten past.
I don't enjoy my work anymore and we are comfortably beyond FI by most any measure but I can't pull the trigger. When people voice their 'can't pull the trigger despite FI' concerns here, (with a few exceptions) they're met with lots of people who retired several years ago (some even months ago). With all due respect, I would expect everything would be peachy for at least 10 years or more.
I am not at all concerned about funding retirement for 30 years or so, it's what comes after that that's hard to get my head around. Practically, I truly realize it's pointless to worry about life that far down the road. Acting on that knowledge is something else again.
I've concluded that there is no concrete answer, life has risks before retirement and after, no getting around it. Ultimately we all just throw caution to the wind one day, when (right or wrong) we're comfortable we've prepared well enough to sleep at night...
If there is a better answer - I'd love to hear it.
A post on another thread prompted this one, but I didn't post there so as not to 'rain on anyone's parade.' It's a recurring thought when I read on this forum, that I've never gotten past.
I don't enjoy my work anymore and we are comfortably beyond FI by most any measure but I can't pull the trigger. When people voice their 'can't pull the trigger despite FI' concerns here, (with a few exceptions) they're met with lots of people who retired several years ago (some even months ago). With all due respect, I would expect everything would be peachy for at least 10 years or more.
I am not at all concerned about funding retirement for 30 years or so, it's what comes after that that's hard to get my head around. Practically, I truly realize it's pointless to worry about life that far down the road. Acting on that knowledge is something else again.
I've concluded that there is no concrete answer, life has risks before retirement and after, no getting around it. Ultimately we all just throw caution to the wind one day, when (right or wrong) we're comfortable we've prepared well enough to sleep at night...
If there is a better answer - I'd love to hear it.