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Nice reading this thread and regular progress updates!

You are golden brotha or sista. Enjoy Jammin’ those Lemons!

Brilliant, curious to understand how you’ve been managing expenses. Have you been using dividends? Selling bonds/stock? Just trying to get an idea. Well done!

I like your thought process Wilie! I fear for my life retiring first, so I think this is the only way :) We both want to enjoy travel, so the dream is we’re both in a position to retire in 2029 (if DW hasn’t already!)

Salute, HI Bill. First, I hope that you regain your health so travel is possible again (if not already healthy). My father got sick at 58 and passed away at the ironic (to me) age of 59.5 :facepalm: I’ve learned to put family and leisure first, before work. But work still gets in the way. I’ve...

A glide would be ideal. The corp industry I’m in doesn’t entertain any slowing down (at least not officially). So it’s pedal to the metal and than a screeching halt I believe.

Great points. Ideally we could take longer breaks and go back to work when we feel like it. Corporate life generally does not align with that thinking! So, even though I feel like I need a long break right now. Work and school prohibits this. We’ve been good to do what we can though. Upcoming...

Brilliant, I feel exactly the same way! Honestly, I feel some what shackled to our town. A great town, but been in the same place for 20+ years. Definitely a yearning to explore much more with hopefully time, money and health.

55 sounds a long time away. I’ll be 46 this year. I consider myself home bound right now with two school age kids. I feel like it will be like summer break/true freedom once both kids are out of grade school. I’d rather have 100% of my time, bumming around at home, traveling etc. It’s truly a...

We’ve thought hard about this. Given family in the area we will not sell soon. We like our area in general. Longer term, if the kids are not in the area/not using the house and neither are we, we could sell. Very unlikely though imo. It’s going to be our home base.

Thanks for the validation NginER. You and everyone here is awesome!

I really like the Die with Zero book. I’m a fan of the concept. Love the quote you mention above too. The book reaffirmed my ER goals. My father getting sick and passing away before age 60 just rubber stamps the why. I know I don’t have to sell that much on this forum ;) I will play seriously...

Yep, I do need to double check. But I’m pretty sure I’m being conservative with my estimates given we’ll be working for another 5 years.

Great, thanks FedRetired50! I just signed up to receive the latest guide.

Thanks. I think this is only valid if I’m still at the company the year I turn 55. I doubt I want to carry on working for that long. My wife will be closer, being older. So that could be an option, or something to wait for on her side.