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Split Rock & Lighthouse on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. (DJI Mavic Air 2)

My friend waters down the Soft Soap he puts in his bathroom soap dispenser because he thinks the kids use too much. CHEAP!

I just sent my buddy - who owns a bike shop - a note asking for him to hook me up with one. I like biking, but hate the hills. I’m 54 - and in good shape - but the hills suck the fun out of it for me.

I haven’t seen a thread specifically exploring the range of different artistic or creative activities people have taken up during early retirement or the pandemic. I’ve been doing a lot more photography - lately drone photography and waterfalls. I also build vintage & custom LEGO sets...

I became much more sports-focused when I retired 3 years ago (@50yo). It’s been a second childhood. I play tennis at least once a week, golf now and then, walk/jog almost every day, play league softball in the summer & have a curling league in the winter. Yes, curling is a sport!

That's funny!!

I get the 'are you going to go back to work?' question all the time!

We created a spending plan for our son's college tuition & buying cars that goes across multiple years. We also plotted out vacations on an annual basis. For home repairs, experts suggest budgeting between 1-3% of the value of your home.

My Dad's advice: If you are done working, your job is your health.

My set point has definitely risen since I FIRE'd - and I was pretty happy before!

Congrats - I left on a Friday (April Fools Day), but it felt great the following Monday morning!

Today I was picking up a friend at my former MegaCorp for lunch (retired 2 yrs ago) and pulled up in front of the building in my sports car with the top down. I must have looked pretty relaxed sitting in my convertible when a woman who looked like she worked there walked over and joked, "Just...

Bought a BMW roadster a few years before we retired on a lark. It has been a gateway to a lot of fun activities: car shows, road rallies, club cruises, and track nights. It has become its own hobby! [ATTACH]26182

The article is complete BS. What part of complete freedom is there not to like?

Savor your days in the office because you won't pass this way again. If things are moving slowly - remind yourself next year how boring WORK was! I simply told people "I'm going to do as much as I can, and as little as I want!" :-)

We retired earlier this year at age 49. We were FI for a few years before that, but I found it hard to retire while my son was still in high school. It seemed like I needed something to do until he was off to college. I retired in April - just about 6 weeks before his graduation. Other...

Congratulations – I am two months ahead of you early retirement, and absolutely loving it! At first, it will feel like you are skipping school – now I feel like I am like a school kid on summer vacation. Sent from my iPad using Early Retirement Forum

It looks like the average age of retirement of the Class of 2016 is 55.4 years old. Outstanding!

I early retired (@49 yrs old) two weeks ago and have been enjoying the first few weeks of not going to work. I saw this chart 'Phases of Retirement' on Forbes.com and am definitely moving between the 'Celebration' and 'Honeymoon' phases right now. For those of you who have been retired for a...

Congratulations to several of you that took your FIRE Escape on 4/1/16. I too am in that club and have enjoyed the last two weeks immensely. Last week was also my 50th birthday. As far as health insurance goes, we now have private insurance (didn't qualify for ACA subsidies) and am paying...

I thought I'd give one more update on this, since a month has passed. Everything has gone SO well. In fact instead of worrying about being penalized, I should have not stressed at all. The last 30 days have been great and my boss has been very supportive - jealous in a good way actually...

Great to hear - I am just two weeks from my FIRE escape. Can't wait!!

Just two weeks left for me now and enjoying the first of these on vacation in Florida! I can feel almost 27 years of life in corporate America lifting off my shoulders. I deleted my work email connection from my iPhone and left an out of the office message that said "if you REALLY need to get...

I had jitters before I announced my intentions to retire, but not now. I just started a week's vacation in Florida (Disney) and will return to the office only to transition a few things the last week of March. On April Fool's Day (appropriately), I will work my last day. I'm 49 now and have...

I think almost everyone gets the Sunday Blues ... or used to.