hello all,
new guy here. 37 yr old looking to retire as soon as possible. i have absolutely hated the idea of working and studying since childhood. I neither liked all that going to school nor the working life after. I did it all out of fear of survival out of fear of society. my idea of a best life is like henry david thoreau who moved away from society into living in a forest in a wooden house spending his days reading, fishing and philosophizing
I am a single person earning for a family and that makes it even harder to retire. But retirement has been my most fav topic when i talk to any of my friends or family.
So far I saved about 330K in cash and 100k in 401k accounts. I am in the bay area, make about 230k and save like 40k in cash and 27k in 401k annually. Right now it is about 70k per year but in the future with a pending promotion and some salary growth I will be able to save more. I hope I can retire on 1.5 mill in 10 years or with a 2 mill in 15 years if everything goes well. right now i absolutely hate monday mornings and going to work (nothing wrong with my work) so doing it for next 15 years will be hard. i might even retire early from a FTE once I make 1 mill and then do contract jobs for 7 months a year
it is good to meet like minded people and talk about my most favorite topic ever
- Sam
new guy here. 37 yr old looking to retire as soon as possible. i have absolutely hated the idea of working and studying since childhood. I neither liked all that going to school nor the working life after. I did it all out of fear of survival out of fear of society. my idea of a best life is like henry david thoreau who moved away from society into living in a forest in a wooden house spending his days reading, fishing and philosophizing
I am a single person earning for a family and that makes it even harder to retire. But retirement has been my most fav topic when i talk to any of my friends or family.
So far I saved about 330K in cash and 100k in 401k accounts. I am in the bay area, make about 230k and save like 40k in cash and 27k in 401k annually. Right now it is about 70k per year but in the future with a pending promotion and some salary growth I will be able to save more. I hope I can retire on 1.5 mill in 10 years or with a 2 mill in 15 years if everything goes well. right now i absolutely hate monday mornings and going to work (nothing wrong with my work) so doing it for next 15 years will be hard. i might even retire early from a FTE once I make 1 mill and then do contract jobs for 7 months a year
it is good to meet like minded people and talk about my most favorite topic ever
- Sam