W2R
Moderator Emeritus
I'm 75 years old, live alone in a paid off house, and retired in November of 2009. Today my portfolio plus bank accounts add up to 172% of their total value on the day I retired. Here's what I've spent each year:
2010: $37,947
2011: $32,493
2012: $32,875
2013: $38,500
2014: $39,582
2015: $45,740 (bought my Dream Home in cash)
2016: $45,384
2017: $43,917
2018: $35,505
2019: $48,157
2020: $43,065
2021: $39,825 (too sick with severe Covid to buy as much)
2022: $41,715
2023: [-]$63,021[/-] $63,130.68 (new roof, new water heater, etc., also year not quite over):
Corrected my 2023 spending to the final numbers, after the year was over. WR 1.13%.