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06-27-2007, 08:59 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2007
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6 months in
greetings from the east coast; 6 months in and so far, so good...have been enjoying the forum...littledoc
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06-27-2007, 09:42 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pasadena CA
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Welcome. Pretty good place here. Tell us about your experience. Did it go like planned?
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06-29-2007, 05:15 AM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2007
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thank yu...after 35 years, was able to retire at 56. spouse is 53 and retired 3 yrs ago. i almost did, but wasn't quite ready. in the early 1980's, we realized we could early retire in our 50's. pay yourself first and  what i now see as LBYM. after 6 months of retirement, lifesyle pretty much as expected except i don't miss the work as much as i thought i would.
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06-29-2007, 05:31 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,375
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Good News!
Congrats and welcome to the FIRE life.
good that you don't miss work, seems like quite a few people do after they retire....6 years and I don't..there's a lot of other things to do...enjoy
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06-29-2007, 06:21 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 8,918
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Welcome! 3 months retired for me and seems like ages ago. Don't miss it at all. I thought the transition might be a little harder but glad I was wrong. 
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Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
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Six months in for me too!
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06-29-2007, 06:31 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,015
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Six months in for me too!
And I'm loving every minute of it! I thought that I would at least think about my previous employment, but I find that I rarely do -- and even then, it's never with regret. I am perfectly content -- I almost feel like a child again, discovering new things to do, eating when hungry, resting when tired, joyful!
Congrats!
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07-01-2007, 03:40 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 5,072
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Congrats. Enjoy it... you earned it! 
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07-06-2007, 09:22 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 876
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Congrats! I'm looking forward to ER....hopefully 13 months to go (although I will probably do some PT work in a gym/fitness studio for pocket money and interest). Anyway, I use to think I could never retire...was addicted to Megacorp 10 -12 hour days....thinking I was making a difference. Reality set in and now I'm in a countdown mode.
Again, congrats to you!
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