During the nadir of the Great Recession, I took a high commission sales job with the idea that if I could squeeze through for two years til I was 40, then likely my stock portfolio would have somewhat recovered and I could FIRE. As it turns out, I really have enjoyed the people I w*rk with and the j*b itself has been mostly low pressure, great pay, and not too time consuming, so eight years later I'm still doing it. But today I asked the company to stop sending me new sales leads...I'll just respond to business where the customer requests me personally. This is my first step on a glide path to total FIRE. Feels great!!!