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What do you get from being FI?
07-19-2014, 04:31 PM
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gone traveling
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What do you get from being FI?
For those of you who are LESS then 62 (working or not) and ARE FI.
What do you think FI gives you?
What did you feel when you become FI?
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07-19-2014, 04:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
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FI gives me the ability to say #€¥^% you.
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07-19-2014, 04:38 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
FI gives me the ability to say #€¥^% you.
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Instead of just thinking it. 
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Numbers is hard
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07-19-2014, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: San Diego
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That had me literally LOL.
For me it was the freedom to quit my job when the job description suddenly changed to week long business trips every 3rd week. (Mind you I was working a 4 day week for family reasons - but this would have been 6 days away from home at a time.) Having the savings/income streams to be able to chuck the job when it became less pleasant is huge.
Mind you I'm not "rich" by any means. Have to live within a budget or will have to go back to w*rk... But it's nice not having to w*rk.
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07-19-2014, 04:46 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
FI gives me the ability to say #€¥^% you.
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There is actually lot of meaning in it.
But I must admit you two got me
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07-19-2014, 04:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 35,712
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What FI gave me? ER of course, so that I can stay home out of the heat, or take my RV on long cross-country trips whenever I want.
How did I feel? Man, I felt powerful and "rich" even though I am not.
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07-19-2014, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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It meant I "earned my KMA* hat" a widely used expression where I worked. Also referred as a "DPMO** hat"
* Kiss My (well, I think you can guess)
** Don't P___ Me Off
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07-19-2014, 04:56 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2013
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What FI gives me is life in which I am not very stressed out. I still work, but I care less and less if I get fired or not.
It gives me feeling of freedom which very hard to describe.
But I still would not say %$##& to my manager or coworker
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07-19-2014, 05:01 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh, PA suburbs
Posts: 1,796
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Flexibility. Choices. And, yes, stress reduction. There is a certain ease in life if you don't have to think of money knowing you have "enough".
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07-19-2014, 05:54 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
FI gives me the ability to say #€¥^% you.
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What he said cause I don't curse. 
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07-19-2014, 06:09 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Bonita (San Diego)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eta2020
For those of you who are LESS then 62 (working or not) and ARE FI.
What do you think FI gives you?
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Sorry, not FI yet, but will answer anyway in light of my current situation:
FI will give me the option to not work an 11-hour day on a Saturday. If I have to, it will be because I chose to, not because someone is making me... I will no longer be beholden to the work whims of others, because I will always have the option to walk away should I so choose.
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07-19-2014, 06:22 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
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FI gave me the opportunity to do a very good job because my bosses knew that I would tell it as I saw it without being too concerned about doing the politically correct thing. I was also fortunate enough to have bosses that could live with that. ( except for one of the first ones. That's when F...U money really came in handy).
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07-19-2014, 06:23 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Austin
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It gives me freedom. And now I enjoy my work, instead of feeling stressed.
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07-19-2014, 06:41 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Gives me options.
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07-19-2014, 06:57 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Freedom to come and go as I please, answerable to nobody beyond friends and family and the LF.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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07-19-2014, 07:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: No fixed abode
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I continued working for a couple of years after FI, so that I could get retiree medical coverage when I did leave. While I was working and FI, I pretty much quit doing the BS stuff that comes with most jerbs. I didn't attend fruitless meetings, I quit doing our equivalent of TPS reports, and I focused on doing the real job the best I could. It didn't endear me to management, but I didn't care. I was at the top of my payroll level, so if I missed a half a percent on my raise, who cares? It was such a great situation, being able to actually work without the politics, that I was tempted to stay even after I became eligible for retiree medical. But I didn't. As great as FI felt, FIRE feels even better.
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DW and I - FIREd at 50 (7/06), living off assets
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07-19-2014, 08:41 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Thailand countryside, Sisaket province
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Learning I was FI gave me the idea to RE (which I did 6 months later) and unloaded a lot of stress.
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07-19-2014, 10:02 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Williston, FL
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I am still working, but FI. Not much longer though.
It gives me the feeling I can enjoy some of the fruits of my labor. Explore the country a bit, relax a bit. Without being too old to do it.
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FIRE no later than 7/5/2016 at 56 (done), securing '16 401K match (done), getting '15 401K match (done), LTI Bonus (done), Perf bonus (done), maxing out 401K (done), picking up 1,000 hours to get another year of pension (done), July 1st benefits (vacation day, healthcare) (done), July 4th holiday. 0 days left. (done) OFFICIALLY RETIRED 7/5/2016!!
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07-19-2014, 10:06 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harley
I quit doing our equivalent of TPS reports...
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It gave me the opportunity to truly discuss and plan retirement with my spouse, to the point that she understood that I/we could afford to retire. My intention was to be ready such that if there were an early retirement incentive program we would be ready to act, and not have to make a sudden decision with all the intense stress that would accompany such a big decision. We studied the numbers, and she learned how the pension worked, and how the health care in retirement worked, and agreed that I could go if I had an opportunity or if I just couldn't put up with the BS any longer.
An opportunity came along to teach at a university, in the area of my expertise. 4 weeks after they offered me the job, I retired and relocated! And I love the new job. And, I have the students write TPS reports! Someday one of them will figure out the movie connection!
Its not that working for megacorp was a bad job, but the job had changed. We had been over-run by process people and MBAs that added layers and layers of goo to the system. It used to be an engineering organization, it had turned into a bureaucratic management organization with an engineering problem. The BS meter had pegged, it was time to do something different.
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07-19-2014, 10:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Well I will be honest, after proper reflection FI (via my pension) has turned me into one lazy person. Now I still stay in shape work out and eat right. But when I was working I could clean house, mow, laundry, etc. and whip it out in an evening if I had to. Now it takes all week to get it done. I piddle like an 80 year old man, and I just am turning 50... I am amazed at how slothful I have become, but I enjoy it immensely.
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