So, I quit my job. I have been spectacularly unmotivated, we are planning for layoffs, and seeing my boss sketch out new team organizations with me in them and others not just didn't feel right. People on my team really like their jobs and really want to stay, and I don't. So after September 1, I will be unemployed.
The good news is that it looks like as long as we can figure out how to invest $1500/month, I will just move from early to late 2019! That MMM article about your investments becoming a snowball that just picks up speed is so true. I can do freelance and contract work in my field, and my husband is going to teach in the evenings to bring in a little extra cash. Budgets will be really tight, but it will be good practice for FIRE.
I also need to figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life, and now I’m forced into it. We haven’t really focused much on where we want to live (we are here because of jobs), what we want to do, and kids or no kids, as we’ve mostly focused on trying to balance two full-time jobs with small amounts of fun. I’ve had a hard time feeling like I have enough time for a life outside of work, and now that will be gone.
I’m a little scared. My coworkers are pretty much like family, and are my sole source of friendships right now. Though everyone is promising to keep in touch, I know that’s all going to change. That said, I don’t know very many people who live close to me and I need to. I want to spend more time in my own neighborhood. Now it feels like I just come here to sleep.