Hi
I'm 30 and coming into an inheritance of the 2 x 10^6 scale. The estate is executing glacially, but steadily. Renting but thinking of buying, single but thinking of proposing to my sweetheart, no dependents (yet), freshly unemployed and mulling a career change away from IT either into heavy math or auto mechanics, either of which means going back to school.
I've been living a lavish and inefficient IT consulting lifestyle, saving all the while to the tune of 2 x 10^5, but in the last year and few months especially had been growing tired of it. Took a vacation and decided to quit my job, and got conveniently laid off with severance while I was away.
Not sure I'm ready for FIRE, given that I'm feeling some risk aversion for the inheritance. I'd like to keep it intact for future generations, and I'd probably consume it in a lifetime of ER. That and I'm a bit of a dreamer, I've got lots of interests that could reasonably turn self-supporting but aren't yet. I wasn't really expecting to make a FIRE decision this early in life, I feel like I don't understand the choices.
Haven't read this forum too long but I was immediately struck by the friendly & supportive atmosphere here. I hope that I can be a part of that.
I'm 30 and coming into an inheritance of the 2 x 10^6 scale. The estate is executing glacially, but steadily. Renting but thinking of buying, single but thinking of proposing to my sweetheart, no dependents (yet), freshly unemployed and mulling a career change away from IT either into heavy math or auto mechanics, either of which means going back to school.
I've been living a lavish and inefficient IT consulting lifestyle, saving all the while to the tune of 2 x 10^5, but in the last year and few months especially had been growing tired of it. Took a vacation and decided to quit my job, and got conveniently laid off with severance while I was away.
Not sure I'm ready for FIRE, given that I'm feeling some risk aversion for the inheritance. I'd like to keep it intact for future generations, and I'd probably consume it in a lifetime of ER. That and I'm a bit of a dreamer, I've got lots of interests that could reasonably turn self-supporting but aren't yet. I wasn't really expecting to make a FIRE decision this early in life, I feel like I don't understand the choices.
Haven't read this forum too long but I was immediately struck by the friendly & supportive atmosphere here. I hope that I can be a part of that.