scrabbler1
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I know you (the OP) mentioned that it was all or nothing, meaning that working part-time was not an option. I can see that making it tougher to pull the trigger and ER.
As for me, I switched from working FT to PT back in 2001. I had already lined up some activities to do with my added free time such as vounteer work (school Scrabble, see my username?) and dormant hobbies such as square dancing I had not done in 13 years. Fitting those two things (and later, a third activity in that vein) into my schedule became a bigger and bigger challenge, eventually leading to my ER just over 6 years ago when the other pieces of that puzzle fell into place back in 2008.
But it was the elimination of the commute, even as little as 2 days a week, which was the biggest benefit of ER. I simply could not stand the 75-minute trip each way on the trains even as little as 2 days a week. Going from 2 days a week to zero days a week allowed me to expand some of my hobbies and remove nearly all of the scheduling conflicts between them and working as little as 2 days a week.
As for me, I switched from working FT to PT back in 2001. I had already lined up some activities to do with my added free time such as vounteer work (school Scrabble, see my username?) and dormant hobbies such as square dancing I had not done in 13 years. Fitting those two things (and later, a third activity in that vein) into my schedule became a bigger and bigger challenge, eventually leading to my ER just over 6 years ago when the other pieces of that puzzle fell into place back in 2008.
But it was the elimination of the commute, even as little as 2 days a week, which was the biggest benefit of ER. I simply could not stand the 75-minute trip each way on the trains even as little as 2 days a week. Going from 2 days a week to zero days a week allowed me to expand some of my hobbies and remove nearly all of the scheduling conflicts between them and working as little as 2 days a week.