martyp
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I had an unpleasant year of of downsizing in 2009-2010. I wasn't in danger of being laid of myself but I felt like I needed to find another job. I spent about 2 days looking at job listings when I got the idea that I should look at the current state of my pension benefits. I had never done that before and I was surprised to find that I was already FI. When I brought up the idea of ERing to my DW she thought is was a good idea. I put together a financial spreadsheet and in 30 days I made the final decision to leave w*rk. I didn't actually leave until about 5 months later in December 2010.
We are FI because we both have worked over 30 years at the same university which has a COLA'd defined benefit plan. We paid off our mortgage last year. DW is still w*rking but plans to leave in Jue 2015
We are FI because we both have worked over 30 years at the same university which has a COLA'd defined benefit plan. We paid off our mortgage last year. DW is still w*rking but plans to leave in Jue 2015