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Old 11-24-2015, 02:04 PM   #1
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You know you are FIREd when ?

You don't know what day it is or what the stock market does.

What say you ?
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Old 11-24-2015, 02:47 PM   #2
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Old 11-24-2015, 05:55 PM   #3
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When you experience "napping" on a daily basis...

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Huh? Wha? (just woke up from a nice long nap.... )
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When you don't experience napping on a daily basis. (all my working life I used to nap all the time but that all stopped within a few weeks of retiring).
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Old 11-24-2015, 07:02 PM   #6
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Old 11-24-2015, 09:32 PM   #9
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Weekends are extra special because you don't have to do chores or run errands
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Old 11-24-2015, 10:27 PM   #11
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It really does not matter what day it is. So many times I reach for my phone to tell me what day it is.


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Old 11-25-2015, 05:42 AM   #12
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Weekends are extra special because you don't have to do chores or run errands

And weekdays are even more special as errands are run when stores are least crowded.
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When the weekend comes as you say "I'll run my errands during the week to avoid the crowds".
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Although I am approx. 6 mos out; to me FIRE'd is being able to do what you want and when you want to do it.
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When the weekend comes as you say "I'll run my errands during the week to avoid the crowds".
This!!!

I'm still tied to an alarm clock because I have school age kids I need to get out of the house each morning... but doing errands, appointments, etc is now much less stressful now that I can do them based on low traffic/low crowds.

For me - the biggest thing to remind me I'm retired is my daily walk on the beach with the dog. Worth the 10 minute drive to start a day looking at waves, surfers, and chatting with the other early morning regulars at "my" beach. No way I would have justified the time for driving to the beach to walk the dog when I was working.
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When - no dread from that 60 minutes clock on Sunday night.
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When - no dread from that 60 minutes clock on Sunday night.
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Huh? Wha? (just woke up from a nice long nap.... )

I'm finding "naps" can be habit forming. They remind me of the old Lays potato chips commercials. I can't seem to take just one.
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I'm finding "naps" can be habit forming. They remind me of the old Lays potato chips commercials. I can't seem to take just one.
After reading Alan's post above, I realized that I did take naps after work when I was working. But somehow a delayed nap is not the same! I love being able to nap the moment I feel like it, now that I am retired.
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