goingtotravel
Recycles dryer sheets
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My retirement date was May 15 so I am one week post-FIRE. I am so very tired. Not sure if it's just the 'let down' of finally getting to that finish line or what but I went from being super busy/productive at home during the last month of w*rk to feeling exhausted and sleeping a lot this week. It's like I'm decompressing - which I understand is perfectly normal.
Not sad that I FIRE'd at all but I didn't get that walk, no, skip happily, away from the office feeling either. Maybe it's working from home and only having a virtual retirement party or maybe it's just me but I have had only a few minutes of extreme joy over leaving. The big event was boxing up my laptop and dropping it off at FedEx to get mailed back to the office. Don't get me wrong I'm not sad, or missing my career or feel like I made a decision I will regret but I'm not feeling elated either.
Hoping that once I catch up on some rest and hopefully some projects around the house then I will get into a groove that feels right. I just need to remind myself that I can take all the time I need to get to that place and that sitting out on the deck with coffee in the morning, or working in the garden, or planning future trips are things I wanted to do when I retired and that it's OK to take time to get used to my new life.
Promise I'm not sad about leaving a career and the constant stress and office BS! This first week just feels different than what I expected when planning to FIRE.
Not sad that I FIRE'd at all but I didn't get that walk, no, skip happily, away from the office feeling either. Maybe it's working from home and only having a virtual retirement party or maybe it's just me but I have had only a few minutes of extreme joy over leaving. The big event was boxing up my laptop and dropping it off at FedEx to get mailed back to the office. Don't get me wrong I'm not sad, or missing my career or feel like I made a decision I will regret but I'm not feeling elated either.
Hoping that once I catch up on some rest and hopefully some projects around the house then I will get into a groove that feels right. I just need to remind myself that I can take all the time I need to get to that place and that sitting out on the deck with coffee in the morning, or working in the garden, or planning future trips are things I wanted to do when I retired and that it's OK to take time to get used to my new life.
Promise I'm not sad about leaving a career and the constant stress and office BS! This first week just feels different than what I expected when planning to FIRE.
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