InTheSticks
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Jan 24, 2013
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Thanks for the update. You are about 1 year out. Hopefully, it will go quick.
I realize that nobody who posted is likely to remember this set of posts from a year ago, but I just thought I would provide an update in case anyone happened to be interested. I'm feeling better about sticking it out in this career until the end of 2016. My pay hasn't been cut (yet), so we've been able to save a bit more than I estimated, but of course market performance this year hasn't been great. (And market performance last year wasn't great for our portfolio due to the tilt toward small and value and the international component).
I think we are still on track to have a bit more than $8 million by the end of 2016, assuming no market meltdown between now and then. Even if there is a meltdown, I think we just make the best of it at that point, rather than even considering trying to push back retirement any further. We'll just cut back the travel or whatever else is necessary to cut back at that point.
I appreciate all the advice I got here a year ago. I'll update the group when I actually pull the plug, in case anyone still remembers this.
Best to all of you, and thanks again.