In-control
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2007
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550days - I will be 50 and my kids will be all set with college. I don't mind work but have the $ to ER and am only working to fund 50% of there college.
That 27 months will go by pretty fast, so just be sure you're preparing. While I'm down to 20 months, I'm starting to get just a little nervous, hoping I'm covering all the bases...
It would be great to hear other people's "OMG, I forgot about that" moments..... We all have different needs in retirement, but I always look for what others are mentioning to see whether my response is 1) got is covered, 2) don't need to deal with or 3) ewww.....I never thought about that!
My OMG is what would happen if I were to lose my husband shortly after I retire. Besides the obvious emotional hit, it would be more difficult financially. His pension, SS, and a little from our savings and/or my SS when I get it are plently to fund our lifestyle. BUT my survivor's benefits are quite a bit reduced and I'm enough younger that I'd have to fund a gap before I draw SS. The FIRECALC for me alone is not quite as great as for the two of us together. So I'm working a little longer to shore up the savings - though he is recently retired. We will try to take some fun vacations to help get us to the point where we are both retired.
Before I retired, I thought it was kind of fun to put my countdown in my signature line. I changed it every day, manually and enjoyed doing so immensely.
Pretty soon, you'll have fewer than 600 days to go.
Days - 616
Week Days - 440
Work Days - 363
and counting.....
9/30/2013. At 54. Wish I could do it right now so sick and tired of being sick and tired!