A little introspective... finally made the official full RE after a planned soft landing over the last few years. While all the numbers lined up with the master plan at 55, I needed some time to lay down the sword, especially as a driven A personality and waited until 58. Had a good career, liked 90% of what I did and the compensation so had no regrets. While the 2000 tech recession made some noise in my investment days, 2008 shook me up, mainly because I had more $$ then. I panicked some, sold some when I should not have, but quickly came to my senses and jumped back in so little lost in long term. Fast forward to today, and thanks much to all you folks on this site, I fined tuned the RE machine probably too a fault, mentally prepared for a downturn (which has occurred), and yet, find myself oddly at peace. While I am still in the honeymoon stage, I suppose I expected some level of panic, but perhaps all that analysis paralysis planning brought me to a good place. Did you transition to RE peacefully or did you find turbulence?