Recent content by TheRedoubt

I spend my days reading, writing (still working on that first novel!), home brewing, astronomy, programming, the occasional road trip. and learning chess and the guitar. Started a very small garden this year too.

I am retired! I retired at age 41, a little over six years ago. When I first started working after college, I thought I would be able to retire at 55. As I got older and work got worse, that goal kept moving up.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley

Thanks all for the kind words of welcome. HawkeyeNFO, I took the "standard" ER route. Single, no kids, engineering career, started investing right after college, lived simply and saved much. When it came time to pull the plug, megacorp was going through layoffs so I asked to be included on...

I’ve been reading this forum long enough that I guess I’d better introduce myself or get off the pot. I’m 47 and basically retired on a whim 6 years ago when work became unbearable. I had been planning on early retirement for years, basically as soon as I started working full time after...