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10-19-2017, 08:34 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2017
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Hello, newbie here :)
Well, I found your wonderful community a few weeks back. I am ER ready spring 2018. It snuck up on me a few months ago after slogging through the last 9 years in a job that's been limiting and depressing. May stay a bit longer (a few months) for some play money to rehab my country place. But I want out! I've done all the math for years, project very long term, tax effected, varied income sources/investments/pension money. I need to get off the career treadmill,. So I need to go when I reach my early out date or soon thereafter. My work colleagues generally drive me crazy on a daily basis. Single, financial career, no dependents besides the cat and dog to be adopted later. Plan to spend time outdoors, not in an office, or on public transportation commuting, or battling traffic doing same. For the first 6 - 9 months I plan to just decompress, take some real vacation time, then decide if I want to do some consulting, or open a booth at the farmers' market in my home town. Or travel for fun, not work! I'm so ready, I think. 
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10-19-2017, 09:31 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,433
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Welcome! C'mon in, the water's fine. 
omni
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10-20-2017, 04:54 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 16
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Hello! Welcome to the forum!
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10-20-2017, 05:06 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Atlanta Suburb
Posts: 1,499
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Congratulations! Welcome to the forum. 
FN
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"Oh, twice as much ain't twice as good
And can't sustain like one half could
It's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees" - John Mayer
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10-20-2017, 06:23 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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Hello & welcome aboard!
I ret!red earlier this year. Also thought I might do some consulting in retirement. Being completely unshackled was a huge epiphany. Instead of consulting, I volunteer at the local soup kitchen. I have absolutely zero interest in margin attainment, cost optimization, supply chain re-engineering, etc. In fact, I felt a bit queasy just typing that crap.
Here's wishing you a swift and grand ret!rement! 
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10-20-2017, 06:31 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Lakewood
Posts: 920
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Well done and welcome!
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10-20-2017, 06:33 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Cincinnati
Posts: 390
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Welcome aboard. Congrats on the ER in the spring. I too, can't wait to decompress and change my perspective on life in retirement. Cheers!
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10-20-2017, 07:12 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,659
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Welcome! Your plan is perfect. Spend time decompressing and finding out what you'd really enjoy. It could very well be that you'd enjoy some consulting. Or not.
At my j*b I was somewhat of a generalist. There was always something new and interesting, but also always lots of irons in the fire. Coming back to do just one thing, on a project-bound contract with a firm end date, might be fun. But apparently not fun enough to actually put out any feelers, because I haven't yet.
Where I have made a few inquiries, and done a couple of gigs, is in a totally different field. In many ways, the opposite of what I had been doing. But mostly I've been too busy on my own projects to even think about much else.
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10-20-2017, 09:17 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Champaign
Posts: 4,726
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Go for it and never look back.
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10-20-2017, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Welcome! If you haven't found them already, we have a helpful list of things to think about to make sure all is ready to go:
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