Recent content by Firezone

I was making 90,000 . My husband had a pension plan and was he was making 70,000 . I had 401k and we made several moves to downsize and pay off debt . I’m scared to death , could we do this ? But we still made the best decision in April of 2021. We retired early and we have health care for...

I just retired at 58 in May . It took me three months to just stop thinking about all the side hustles I could be doing . In fact it took me a full year to make the leap to early retirement . I was a retired bank Manager of 25 years and , real estate agent and I had many ways I could have gone...

It’s nice to have some options . I did work from home for a bit , but then went back in to help my team , as we were essential . We had been putting things in place for a while . I think covid provided the biggest life reset button ever . We did not want to waste an opportunity to change our...

Hi my name is Deanna and after years of lurking around on this site and at the age of 58 , I’ve decided to cash in my chips and call it a day . My husband after 14 weeks working from home during covid decided after 34 years the numbers are good enough .i told him to go ! He gets pension and...

Re married at 52 now 57 truly empty nesters . Besides a rental we had and sold in 2019 and charitable giving .we have no deductions . My retirement is 401 50/50 between Roth and traditional Spouse has pension and 457 .but has not fired yet . We are going to owe again and it’s not pretty .In my...

Does anyone feel there may be traction in Congress for Medicare to be reduced to 62 ? We can go early ( both 57 now ) and contemplating going next year at 58 before husbands contract changes the health care ruling . but would only carry benefits for three years which is more than some . I’m not...

Lol I realized I gave it away when I said that

My lawyer wanted us to do a prenup when we did our wills etc.. We opted not . But so far our life is better than I could have hoped for . I do worry about the what if’s . His pension is good . I actually make more from a salary standpoint . It’s give and take

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I don’t have defined benefit but 401 k . We feel we cannot pull the trigger yet , but we are working towards our goal . We bought a little 800 Sq ft house with a nice yard near the beach and are just seasonal right now . But we will sell our home in pa and retire to no mortgage which should...

Long time follower of this site .In the zone to fire . Retirement for me is not about ending , but beginning a new chapter . I’m 56 , 20 years in a stressful job and in love with stability and conservative with money . Although moderate risk allowed me to make some good decisions and earn...