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12-22-2014, 12:02 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 21,305
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I retired effective end of Jun 2011. I also wanted some summer time off, but it was good for me to take one last quarterly bonus, reach a (frozen, small) pension milestone that May, and good for my former bosses wishes...
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Retired Jun 2011 at age 57
Target AA: 50% equity funds / 45% bonds / 5% cash
Target WR: Approx 1.5% Approx 20% SI (secure income, SS only)
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12-22-2014, 12:15 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I know when I decided to retire, I was not willing to give my employer one more Summer! I figured I only had so many Summers left and wanted to enjoy all of them. 
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12-22-2014, 12:32 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,495
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Originally Posted by Bryan Barnfellow
July, 2015 one week before I turn 60. I refuse to retire at 60...59 it must be, if only for a precious week!
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Same here. March 9, 2015 will be a very special day, two exact months before my 60th birthday.
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12-22-2014, 12:37 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern
Posts: 33
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January 2nd--11 days from now (only 5 w*rk days left). I don't see any problem retiring in the dead of winter. It makes it easy to travel to warmer climes. I've booked trips in each of the next 3 months.
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They say I'm lazy, but it takes all my time.
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12-22-2014, 09:37 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,698
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scrinch
May 2016. I chose May because I couldn't stomach losing one more summer to w*rk. I will become fully vested in retirement medical benefits in March 2016, and eligible for the 2016 bonus in April.
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One secondary reason I ERed at the end of October (2008) was that I couldn't stomach one more winter of commuting on the trains.
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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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12-22-2014, 10:49 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Bay
Posts: 1,251
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What I'm seeing is that there are good reasons to retire at any time of year!
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12-25-2014, 12:24 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 257
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4/6/2015. But I will work very part-time until the end of 2015 (1 day a week).
18 months later COBRA will end and I will be 65 and on Medicare.
Writing my letter over the holidays. My manager already knows but told me last week he was in denial.
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12-25-2014, 03:57 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South central PA
Posts: 3,486
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January 1, 2015, I leave the hospital at 7AM. I go to independent contractor status, which is basically retired with a chance for a little extra cash. No more shoveling the snow at 5AM to get to work. I like the snow...watching it from my breakfast nook with my morning coffee. So 7 more days.
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12-25-2014, 11:47 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 78
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March or April. By then I will have maxed out the 403b's and such, and the weather will have improved so I can start to spend more time outside hiking, biking, etc.
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12-25-2014, 12:36 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
Posts: 9,037
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I selected April 1st to FIRE in 2007.
Yes, I was making a statement. 
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12-25-2014, 01:21 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Midwest
Posts: 2,972
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
I selected April 1st to FIRE in 2007.
Yes, I was making a statement. |
I made the same statement in 1996. I don't know if anyone "got it" but I didn't give a shot anyway
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12-30-2014, 10:04 PM
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 15
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My current plan is the day after I turn 62,1/10/17. I maybe stay till 4/15/17 to build a little extra cash & another year Roth IRA.
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