I have joined the ranks of the FIRE'd folks here as of Monday. I signed my paperwork Monday evening, and promptly hauled my behind out of bed first thing Tuesday morning to return my company property. If there is one thing I KNOW I'm not going to miss about the job, its fighting traffic in the morning.
Unfortunately I wont be saying goodbye to the early rising as I have to take DD to school in the AM most mornings (age 6), but I'm not complaining.
My entrance into this club has been a bit emotionally challenging, as I am leaving a company I founded and then sold to a megacorp for health reasons. I have to say that MegaCorp stood by the contracts that were written to protect me for this specific case and I wish them no harm.
My biggest struggle right now is setting up my post work life, but I suppose this is a high quality problem.
As of right now, the most annoying question I get from everyone who sees me retired at 34 years old is, "What are you doing/going to do with yourself?" I suppose in my case the root of this question comes from the fact that I had up until very recently been the type of guy who was fist in/last out, travel 20+ weeks of the year (much of it to Europe and Asia), sleep in the datacenter if I have to kind of guy. But to be honest I've been out on limited duty since October (medical reasons) but have yet to find a lack of things to fill my day with.
It is really amazing the amount of stuff that needs to be done that you never quite get to when your working 16 hour days, just getting to the bottom of the list might take my entire first year.
The best part of the decision so far was the look on my daughters face when I told her there would be no more trips to India for work (the last two times she cried and tried to hold on to me to keep me from leaving). I've been lurking here for quite some time, but havent posted much because I didnt dare to jinx my negotiated exit with MegaCorp. But now the papers are signed and financial package is being delivered, I feel like a new man.
Unfortunately I wont be saying goodbye to the early rising as I have to take DD to school in the AM most mornings (age 6), but I'm not complaining.
My entrance into this club has been a bit emotionally challenging, as I am leaving a company I founded and then sold to a megacorp for health reasons. I have to say that MegaCorp stood by the contracts that were written to protect me for this specific case and I wish them no harm.
My biggest struggle right now is setting up my post work life, but I suppose this is a high quality problem.
As of right now, the most annoying question I get from everyone who sees me retired at 34 years old is, "What are you doing/going to do with yourself?" I suppose in my case the root of this question comes from the fact that I had up until very recently been the type of guy who was fist in/last out, travel 20+ weeks of the year (much of it to Europe and Asia), sleep in the datacenter if I have to kind of guy. But to be honest I've been out on limited duty since October (medical reasons) but have yet to find a lack of things to fill my day with.
It is really amazing the amount of stuff that needs to be done that you never quite get to when your working 16 hour days, just getting to the bottom of the list might take my entire first year.
The best part of the decision so far was the look on my daughters face when I told her there would be no more trips to India for work (the last two times she cried and tried to hold on to me to keep me from leaving). I've been lurking here for quite some time, but havent posted much because I didnt dare to jinx my negotiated exit with MegaCorp. But now the papers are signed and financial package is being delivered, I feel like a new man.
