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Thanks for the feedback! I have thought about buying long term care insurance when I get to 60, but have not otherwise included it as a line item in my budget and do not have a reserve. I will give that some more thought. As to what to do with my time, that is the million dollar question. I...

I've gone back and forth on paying off my mortgage, and have settled for now on keeping it to have a higher amount available to FIRE (the reason I have so much currently in cash is I was saving up to pay off the mortgage). We do plan on selling our house at some point and buying the next one in...

The $145K does include $40K in mortgage payments and I did not realize I need to back that amount out. Thank you for letting me know! I'll try re-running my numbers to see how much that impacts the success rate.

Hi Bill, thanks for the feedback! My spouse will still be working and receiving income on top of the $145K I will be withdrawing from my assets, so I expect we will be paying taxes until (at least) we both stop working. I've estimated 30 percent for US and State taxes, which is included in the...

These are all great suggestions, OldShooter, and I will definitely be exploring some of them. I have been mostly focused on hitting my FIRE number and have not yet focused on potential next steps. Thanks!

My firm will not let me go part time and my profession (litigator) is one where going part time is hard to accomplish. I have thought about a career change for a few years as a stop gap, but really would prefer to FIRE ?

Thanks, SecondCor521! Very helpful suggestions! My spouse is on board with continuing to work. We live in a high COLA, so the only way we could both FIRE right now is if we moved to a lower COLA. We’ve discussed this, but my spouse does not want to uproot the kids or leave our friends...

I am a very long time lurker, having first found this website in 2004 or so. It has simultaneously been inspiring (so many people accomplishing incredible financial goals at a very young age) and, at times, depressing (will I ever be able to realistically accomplish what so many others have...