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Less than 3 weeks to freedom
12-11-2007, 05:19 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Less than 3 weeks to freedom
Greetings from a longtime forum fan, first time poster. I'm just days away from early retirement and excited about what lies ahead. Throughout my life, I've been a poster child for conservative investing, but disciplined saving. At 52 and single, I've run the calculations every which way that I know how and all suggest that I'm in pretty good shape to move ahead with ER (and won't have to sell any organs to make it happen.)
December 31st is my final day in the office. I'll start firing off the really lame questions etc. shortly, but, for now - I thought that I'd just check in. Thanks for the enjoyment that I've gotten over the years from the board and thanks, in advance, for allowing me to be a part of it.
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12-11-2007, 05:23 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado, USA
Posts: 1,127
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ARB57, congratulations! Talk about a happy new year 
I'm looking forward to hearing more from you and hearing the story of your road to ER.
Coach
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12-11-2007, 05:29 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 251
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Congratulations. You're in the home stretch. My last day is Thursday. Like you, I've been running the numbers, making a list, checking it twice and am really looking forward to when I can make my own schedule.
It's weird. I've sort of become the invisible man at w**k. I'm so far out of the loop, it's almost like I'm not there. I guess my transition plan was a success.  Have you noticed that at all? I have no desire to do part time and everyone knows it. Just wondering if you are in the same boat.
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12-11-2007, 05:36 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,015
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Last year, after I announced my retirement, but before my departure, I started to refer to myself as the troll under the bridge as I was so totally out of the loop -- not that that was a bad thing. I spent nearly two months in a transition office, shredding my files, clearing out computer files, organizing a few key folders for my replacement (who really didn't want to even meet with me), and most importantly, used those two months to finalize some details to my personal transition to freedom.
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12-11-2007, 06:39 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 97
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12-11-2007, 07:24 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Bossier City
Posts: 2,183
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-John F. Kennedy
“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?” - Edgar Bergen
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12-11-2007, 10:09 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posts: 1,979
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Congratulations. Welcome to ER. And please let us hear more of your story after awhile.
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Dreams Worth Dreaming are Dreams Worth Planning For. I Spent a Career Planning for Early Retirement.
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12-12-2007, 09:58 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 347
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