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02-14-2022, 06:35 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Rural Alabama
Posts: 1,353
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Originally Posted by nash031
So much for that last part!
I put in my three week's notice this past Friday. I'm out 2/18. All done working for "the man."
At age 44, I will transition to helping my wife with the financial and business side of our business while building my gig as an endurance sports coach. Thanks to our wonderful childcare situation, I will be able to pursue my own athletic endeavors while still young enough to enjoy them, and I'll be invested in helping others do the same while taking care of our home and spending time with my 3 and 5 year old daughters.
Thanks to this forum, FIRECalc, and discipline over the course of a 22 year working career (along with the military pension and healthcare), I'm able to give up the typical job life and "find my happy".
Call it ER; call it semi-ER; call it not retired at all but kinda working from home... whatever... I'm stoked.  |
Congratulations- the point is doing what YOU want to do! Cheers to you doing it!
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02-24-2022, 09:08 PM
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#582
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Wy'east
Posts: 103
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Originally Posted by targatom2019
Daughter just started Kaiser CRNA School(Nurse Anthesis) and investment portfolio is now little over 5M.
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It's been a few months....
How is the gas passer doing?
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03-23-2022, 02:49 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 76
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Originally Posted by refi
Just turned 42 and hit 5M! Woot!
Only have 100 of shares of TSLA  |
Back to 5M!! woot! Hopefully, it won't be too short-lived this time 
Since Nov: $5M -> $5.1M -> $4.6M -> $5M
-Equities down about $250k still
-Salary/Bonus/RE increase have offset.
Anyways, just highlighting the long game w/ diversity. Getting bogged down with the short-term volatility can be rough.
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03-29-2022, 11:25 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Posts: 1,044
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Reached $600k again from last October 2021. $617,000 was highest point. I want to see $700k before the year ends.
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05-10-2022, 07:43 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 994
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Well last Friday was DW's "last day" at work... until hours later they called back and convinced her to work 20hrs a week part time for a 3 week stretch in late June. On her schedule not theirs. She agreed to do it "to be nice", the team is trying to reach a deadline and they need her help to do it. Good company, but boring, crappy work. We're still very happy, though, her call and it has nothing to do with money.
Just ramping up some reckless spending plans... lots of travel (I FIRE'ed almost 5.5 years ago) and interesting Real Estate/home options.
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05-11-2022, 02:06 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Posts: 1,044
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I suppose this thread will be dry for few months until market reaches all-time high?
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05-11-2022, 02:58 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Milwaukee
Posts: 3,286
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Originally Posted by F.I.R.E User
I suppose this thread will be dry for few months until market reaches all-time high?
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I suspect you may be right! 
I suspect that the first digit of the value of my retirement portfolio has changed. But not in the good way!  So I am not going to look.
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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. -Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)
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05-11-2022, 03:02 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,580
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Originally Posted by F.I.R.E User
I suppose this thread will be dry for few months until market reaches all-time high?
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Not necessarily. All FIRE milestones are not just financial.
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05-11-2022, 03:39 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 8,656
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Originally Posted by jollystomper
Not necessarily. All FIRE milestones are not just financial.
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True!
There is many milestones in life other than money. Life and good health is my milestone reaching mid 60's.
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05-15-2022, 10:55 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Seattle-ish
Posts: 20
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I'm waiting for inflation to turn this into a "Share Your FIRE Milestones - 202 2" thread.
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05-15-2022, 11:24 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Posts: 1,044
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Originally Posted by jollystomper
Not necessarily. All FIRE milestones are not just financial.
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True but I thought this thread was about net asset numbers? At least, that is what the majority is talking about.
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05-19-2022, 01:46 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 5,580
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I'll share a different type of FIRE milestone - this one is "educational".
Yesterday marked 10 years since I first posted on this site (Interestingly, in those ten years through yesterday I had exactly 4,400 posts, not counting the ones the mods deleted for me being a troublemaker  ) . Here was my first post, a question about a Megacorp retirement offer: https://www.early-retirement.org/for...fer-61453.html
What I learned from that thread was just the start of my education from this site, which I rate among the best... simply because here no one is trying to hold anyone else back, everyone *wants* to see everyone else FIRE, and offer advice in that context.
So... cheers!
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FIREd date: June 26, 2018 - "This Happy Feeling, Going Round and Round!" (GQ)
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05-19-2022, 01:53 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Tampa
Posts: 10,709
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Originally Posted by jollystomper
I'll share a different type of FIRE milestone - this one is "educational".
Yesterday marked 10 years since I first posted on this site (Interestingly, in those ten years through yesterday I had exactly 4,400 posts, not counting the ones the mods deleted for me being a troublemaker ) . Here was my first post, a question about a Megacorp retirement offer: https://www.early-retirement.org/for...fer-61453.html
What I learned from that thread was just the start of my education from this site, which I rate among the best... simply because here no one is trying to hold anyone else back, everyone *wants* to see everyone else FIRE, and offer advice in that context.
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Nice post
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05-19-2022, 02:55 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Severn
Posts: 916
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My projected dividends (reinvested) exceed my military retirement, VA disability and DW's SSDI. Still can't touch any of it without a penalty since I'm a young wipper snapper but I'll let it ride.
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06-09-2022, 02:05 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 994
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That sound when you wake up knowing you have only one mortgage (the smaller one). And that feeling when you log into you Fido account and see the proceeds of the primary home sale wired in.
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06-09-2022, 05:08 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Puget Sound
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We are moving forward with a short plat on the property, which stands to be profitable.
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06-17-2022, 08:48 AM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 18
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Crossed over the $500k mark in total contributions all time. Kinda crazy to think an annual swing in total accounts value could approach that number. Not looking like the plus side this year though...
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07-27-2022, 08:38 PM
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#598
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 994
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Well it finally happened. I FIRE'ed 5.5 yrs ago, DW <FINALLY> retired a couple weeks ago, and just now, I executed a transfer from my 401K at FIDO for $50k to our home bank account. Thus far, we have managed to leave our portfolio alone and pay the bills. Now this, to fund a "savings" account to plop automatic transfer bi-weekly "paychecks" into our household checking account. This will fund us for the remainder of 2022, with a generous monthly budget, and a home improvement and travel budget for the remainder of the year. Time to BTD!!!
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07-28-2022, 05:14 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 2,449
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Originally Posted by doneat54
Well it finally happened. I FIRE'ed 5.5 yrs ago, DW <FINALLY> retired a couple weeks ago, and just now, I executed a transfer from my 401K at FIDO for $50k to our home bank account. Thus far, we have managed to leave our portfolio alone and pay the bills. Now this, to fund a "savings" account to plop automatic transfer bi-weekly "paychecks" into our household checking account. This will fund us for the remainder of 2022, with a generous monthly budget, and a home improvement and travel budget for the remainder of the year. Time to BTD!!!
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Congrats, doneat54!
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07-28-2022, 06:22 AM
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#600
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Boerne
Posts: 421
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Yeah, can’t take it with ya! ��
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