Thanks for all the advice. I think I would not be inclined to go out of the way to extract some severance package because I was starting to think about leaving in a year or so before this meeting. I think it would just make it tougher to transition away from work, to invest time, money and emotionally in some legal process to try to obtain some lump sum.
If I left, I wouldn't get any kind of severance and not sure I'd get it if I got terminated for some reason that the company considers defensible. I could consider it an injustice but in the overall scheme, I've gotten way more than I would have imagined.
Like I said, I had been thinking about it more recently, as I watched my assets grow. The things that made me hold off on taking actions were:
1. While my net worth has appreciated (about $500k over this time last year), the market is at an all-time high so I would be more comfortable to track it for another year to see if it continues.
2. Uncertainly about how health care would play out, since we're about to go through a major change.
3. Organizing my finances better. Assets are spread across several accounts and I still haven't worked out the mechanics of withdrawing, rebalancing.
Specifically, only about 15% of my assets are in 401k and IRA accounts, so I have to think about the tax implications of withdrawing, while at the same time, my taxable accounts are raising my AGI by more than 50%. This figure will only grow since I have DRIP for most of my biggest fund holdings.
Beyond finances, I haven't put much thought on how I'd spend my time, beyond assuming I'd be having a lot more leisure and travel time, time to work on various projects which have been put off for a long time, etc.
Maybe one of the first decisions on ER is whether the questions on finances or the questions on what to do need to be answered first.