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Anyone else?
2016 is my goal. I think I have a reasonable chance of making it, but I'll have to see how things go with the portfolio and health insurance.
What are people doing now to prepare to ER ~5 years out? I've been thinking about this lately, and a few items on my to-do list are:
1. Track my expenses and get a better handle on them. I think I have a pretty good idea of how much I spend and where my $$ is going, but will want to be *sure* before making an ER decision.
2. Educate myself on withdrawal strategies/issues. Something I have not thought much about during accumulation.
3. Revisit my asset allocation and think about if/how I should adjust it as I near ER.
4. Figure out health insurance options (but I figure this is not worth doing til I'm closer since things could change a lot the next few years).
What should I add to my to-do list?
Cheers
-eyeonfi
2016 is my goal. I think I have a reasonable chance of making it, but I'll have to see how things go with the portfolio and health insurance.
What are people doing now to prepare to ER ~5 years out? I've been thinking about this lately, and a few items on my to-do list are:
1. Track my expenses and get a better handle on them. I think I have a pretty good idea of how much I spend and where my $$ is going, but will want to be *sure* before making an ER decision.
2. Educate myself on withdrawal strategies/issues. Something I have not thought much about during accumulation.
3. Revisit my asset allocation and think about if/how I should adjust it as I near ER.
4. Figure out health insurance options (but I figure this is not worth doing til I'm closer since things could change a lot the next few years).
What should I add to my to-do list?
@DD: thanks - no problem on #5 for me: my kids will be 6 and 8 in 2016 . i often unwind after a day of w*rk by mentally walking through the gloriously boring details of my post-ER day: up at 6, walk them to school at 7:15...
only planned big purchase between now and then is a new(er) car. but that is already in the spreadsheet. just did a lot of house stuff (new roof, siding, etc) so hopefully no huge surprises await.