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12-08-2022, 08:29 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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I finally did it!
I joined this forum over 10 years ago and became interested in the concept of FIRE. But I haven't been active for a few years, because I felt like a posieur. I kept OMY'ing for year after year after year, because my j*b was actually enjoyable, had great colleagues and made a great income working from home with very little actual w*rk. In fact, in 2021 I earned over $1 million in commissions realistically w*rking about 10 hours/week. That's why it was so hard to walk away.
But I realized I simply had no passion for it anymore. I was "phoning it in" for client calls, and likely not giving them the 110% effort they deserved. Plus, I'm 50 (round numbers are great times for life decisions), and my kids are still at an age where they enjoy my company. 
So I did it! I told the company a few days ago that I'll finish up deals with my existing clients over the next 1-2 months, and then I'm retiring!!!! I just made the change on my LinkedIn profile, which somehow made it feel official.
Today, I took my son skiing for a couple hours in the middle of the day on a nearly empty mountain. No idea what I'll do tomorrow.
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12-08-2022, 08:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Congrats!
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12-08-2022, 09:06 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
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Good for you!
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12-08-2022, 09:35 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 580
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Congratulations!
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12-08-2022, 09:45 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Somewhereville
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Congrats.....
Can I have your old job please.
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12-09-2022, 04:25 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Congratulations! Enjoy!
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12-09-2022, 05:02 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2020
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Congrads...
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Went from EMS to PDN
Earn Money Sleeping/ Paid Doing Nothing
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12-09-2022, 07:06 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Morton
Posts: 2,328
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Retired May 13th(Friday) 2016 at age 61.
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12-09-2022, 07:11 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 10,872
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Good for you. Enjoy.
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Every man is, or hopes to be, an Idler. -- Samuel Johnson
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12-09-2022, 07:17 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Chattanooga
Posts: 3,506
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Earning money is an action, saving money is a behavior, growing money takes a well diversified portfolio and the discipline to ignore market swings.
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12-09-2022, 08:12 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 517
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Originally Posted by RenoJay
I joined this forum over 10 years ago and became interested in the concept of FIRE. But I haven't been active for a few years, because I felt like a posieur. I kept OMY'ing for year after year after year, because my j*b was actually enjoyable, had great colleagues and made a great income working from home with very little actual w*rk. In fact, in 2021 I earned over $1 million in commissions realistically w*rking about 10 hours/week. That's why it was so hard to walk away.
But I realized I simply had no passion for it anymore. I was "phoning it in" for client calls, and likely not giving them the 110% effort they deserved. Plus, I'm 50 (round numbers are great times for life decisions), and my kids are still at an age where they enjoy my company.
So I did it! I told the company a few days ago that I'll finish up deals with my existing clients over the next 1-2 months, and then I'm retiring!!!! I just made the change on my LinkedIn profile, which somehow made it feel official.
Today, I took my son skiing for a couple hours in the middle of the day on a nearly empty mountain. No idea what I'll do tomorrow. |
Congrats. Just curious about your current job. I would love to have a job like that.
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12-09-2022, 08:20 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2020
Posts: 722
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12-09-2022, 08:27 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Chicago
Posts: 208
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Congratulations!!
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12-09-2022, 08:53 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Centennial
Posts: 259
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Congrats!
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FIRE'd March 2022
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12-09-2022, 10:40 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G-Man
Congrats. Just curious about your current job. I would love to have a job like that.
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Thanks. I've been selling businesses, and it's all done via email and phone. But 2021 was a banner year based on market euphoria and easy money. My typical year's paycheck (including 2022) is a fraction of what 2021 produced.
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Saved 8 figures by my mid-40's as a professional bubble-spotter. Beware...the Fed creates bubble after bubble after bubble.
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12-09-2022, 11:04 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,327
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Congratulations!
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12-09-2022, 11:36 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 4,297
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Congratulations on your retirement!
Hope to hear more from you as you go about your journey.
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Give a Man a fish, he will eat for a day.
Teach a Man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.
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12-09-2022, 12:44 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Syracuse
Posts: 3,354
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Congrats!
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“No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing"
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12-09-2022, 09:40 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: DuPage County IL
Posts: 2,058
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welcome to the fraternity!
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Rich
Ham Radio, Sport Pilot, RVer
FIRE: 8/11/2005, age 55y,1d
Administrator for a regional 9-1-1 call center
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