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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2150 on: March 29, 2019, 01:08:17 PM »
11 Weeks to go
49 work days left

Time has definitely slowed down, and I'm trying to savor it outside of work :)

@Pylortes, don't make that your problem. Quit with minimal notice and then come back on for some consulting 2 days a week at 3-4X your current hourly rate. @Lews Therin is on to something!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2151 on: March 29, 2019, 02:21:30 PM »
Thank you!!!  Love the dancers.

My now former co-workers were so nice to me (and DH) it was really sweet!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2152 on: March 29, 2019, 04:24:04 PM »
Congratulations to today's FIRE-ees @Loren Ver and Mr. Ver!   Love the new signature line.  Hope you have a fabulous time on the road with your van.  Please check in once in a while and let us know how it's going!


2019 FIRE Cohort:

01/01/19     Bingeworker (52)        CONFIRMED
01/31/19     Trifele (51)                 CONFIRMED
02/01/19     Socmonkey (37)         CONFIRMED
02/01/19     August (54)                CONFIRMED
02/01/19     Keeks (42)                 CONFIRMED
02/01/19     TheShinyHorse           CONFIRMED   
02/13/19     SeanTash                   CONFIRMED
02/28/19     nowwhat? (56)           CONFIRMED
03/15/19     Half Stached  (47)      CONFIRMED
03/15/19     FireHazard                 CONFIRMED
03/15/19     Luck12  (41)              CONFIRMED       
03/18/19     chasesfish (36)           CONFIRMED
03/18/19     Cycling Stache (43)     CONFIRMED
03/29/19     Loren Ver (36)            CONFIRMED
03/29/19     Mr. Ver (39)                CONFIRMED
04/04/19     PowerStache (43)
04/05/19     MissNancyPryor (50)   
04/19/19     Eric (42)
04/26/19     FIRE 20/20  (42)
04/??/19     Ryder (39)
05/15/19     MaybeBabyMustache                   
05/??/19     SamIAm38  (29)
05/31/19     Odiedog8590  (62)
05/31/19     Livingthedream55  (59)
05/31/19     dude                              Date Confirmed
06/01/19     Prairie Stash
06/07/19     DreamFire
06/15/19     Okonomiyaki (49)
06/15/19     2Birds1Stone  (32)
06/21/19     Parizade  (62)
06/22/19     Waffles  (52)
06/30/19     Pylortes  (42)
06/??/19     Oldtoyota
07/??/19     Thedividebyzero  (45)
07/03/19     Miss Piggy
07/05/19     StoaX (58)
07/29/19     Lews Therin (29)
08/01/19     SugarMountain
08/31/19     Gerard
09/02/19     Cornbread OMalley  (42)  Date Confirmed
09/??/19     RetirementDreaming
09/??/19     dayzero
10/18/19     MoMan  (55)
10/??/19     VoteCthulu  (39)
10/??/19     Trix76  (43)
10/??/19     Dreamer
10/??/19     JumboShrimp
12/??/19     HBFI  (38)
12/??/19     luckyme13  (45)
12/19/19     Itchyfeet  (47)
12/27/19     moxie
12/31/19     texxan1  (47)
12/31/19     Nifty (31)

2019 Cohort with date TBD:
Lowerbills (40)
getoutsoon (52)
IPlawyer
MustacheAnxiety
forward
BlindSquirrel
I'm Fred (51)
JoJo (45)
Edgema
Gerardc  (35) On leave effective 4/19

OMY/2MY/Etc:
Freedomin5 (38)
Roboturner  (30)
Bateaux (51)
Linda_Norway (45)
CryingInThePool  (44)
Albireo13  (61)
Cookie78
Enigma
exit2019  (40)
powersuitrecall  (47)

OLY
markbike528cbx  (55)      OLY -- CONFIRMED 6/1/18; checking in as OP
MoneyStacher  (50)         OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018
PhilB  (52)                      OLY -- CONFIRMED 10/24/18
sui generis  (41)              OLY -- CONFIRMED 8/17/18
TartanTallulah  (55)          OLY -- CONFIRMED 10/2018
cerat0n1a                       OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018 
Chairman                        OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018
Bognish (43)                   OLY -- CONFIRMED 11/16/18
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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2153 on: March 30, 2019, 02:19:42 AM »
Congratulations to our recent plug-pullers.
@Pylortes as the others have said, you seem to have huge leverage.  You just need to decide what you want to do with it.  One route would be padding your stash by retiring with minimum notice and extorting some highly paid consultancy.  The opposite approach might be to use that leverage to minimise your stress rather than maximise your cash.  Is there a solution in there that works for everyone where you stay on the books part time for a while?  They get to keep the necessary certifications, you get to ease yourself into FIRE with a whole lot less stress.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2154 on: March 30, 2019, 06:06:31 AM »
03/29/19     Loren Ver (36)            CONFIRMED
03/29/19     Mr. Ver (39)                CONFIRMED


Happy Dance!! 

DH and I plan on hitting the road Sunday, so my posting will be close to non-existent as we do not have smart phones.  Very excited. 

Anyway, there are quite a few people that are going out either in March ?? or early April, and I didn't want to miss a chance to say congrats to those that are about to pull the rip cord!!  GO Team GO!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2155 on: March 30, 2019, 11:16:02 AM »
Congratulations @Loren Ver! Enjoy your adventure!

My bonus was deposited Friday and the person offered to take my job accepted.  So just some turnover and a retirement celebration next week before I get to enjoy unemployment!

Looking forward to enjoying the spring days in the yard instead of in the office.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2156 on: March 30, 2019, 11:54:37 AM »
Looking forward to enjoying the spring days in the yard instead of in the office.

This is the quote of the day. 

Congrats on your imminent funemployment @PowerStache!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2157 on: March 30, 2019, 08:48:15 PM »
Afraid I am one more year .. and a few days.  4/10/2020.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2158 on: March 30, 2019, 09:00:35 PM »
These FIRE cohort's are great threads, the excitement of the ER's and the folks that 'can't refuse' a OMY offer.  It's all decisions from a position of power, being self-determined as opposed to blaming others and giving our future away mindlessly; regretfully.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2159 on: March 31, 2019, 04:49:20 AM »
Hi all and congrats to everyone here who have made the jump this year so far.  It's been fun to check in and see how everyone has been doing. 

I'm long overdue for an update, so here goes: Long story short, I'm going to OMY but for a reason that I never expected.  I'm starting to like my job (!).  What the heck, right?  The change started with me stepping outside of my comfort zone about 2 years ago, and led to a position that I love, where I get to help guide future tech at my agency.

The FIRE plan for our family was always to have me retire first (because I hated my job), then have DW work for several years afterwards (because she is awesome at & loves her job).  Adding one more year of work will help bring our family closer to FIRE sooner, and also allow me to explore my new role at work. 

It's funny though, part of "stepping outside my comfort zone" 2 years ago was walking away from a lucrative pager.  The journey to FIRE brought me to a place where I could make a decision based on happiness, not money.  I've got MMM / this forum to thank for that.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2160 on: March 31, 2019, 05:30:11 AM »
Thank you @PowerStache.  Enjoy your retirement party.  I really enjoyed mine.

@exit2019 Good luck with your OMY.  Come back if you change your mind.

@powersuitrecall That is fantastic.  As EscapeVelocity said, making the decisions from a place of power.  Now, if things change, you are in a position to react in a way that is optimum for your family.  Good job!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2161 on: March 31, 2019, 05:41:43 AM »
Well, 1Q of 2019 is in the books.  Goodbye @powersuitrecall and @exit2019; got you down for OMY -- List above updated.  Good luck with everything and feel free to come back anytime!

@edgema and @JumboShrimp -- you were down for March, but I shifted you to TBD til we hear back from you.

On deck for tomorrow we have @gerardc and @Ryder.  Last we heard from gerardc he was going on leave, but wasn't yet sure if it would be permanent/FIRE.  Ryder gave notice at the beginning of March for a target last day of April 1.  Are you two still on track?
 

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2162 on: March 31, 2019, 09:29:22 AM »
Well, looks like I might be a bit late to wish a big CONGRATULATIONS to @Loren Ver since you're on the road already, but I'm assuming you'll see this eventually.  Wooo!




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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2163 on: March 31, 2019, 09:46:42 AM »
Only three weeks left of work here.  I am kind of freaking out a bit, not really over quitting my job or retiring, but the fact that I haven't made much progress on getting rid of all of my possessions.  I'm working through 4/19 and then have to be fully moved out of my apartment by 4/30.  I'm now thinking I should've left myself more time.  It's amazing how much shit one can accumulate in a 550 sq ft apartment.  We shall see.  I think my current plan is to have a "Free or best offer" yard sale where I just pull everything out my front door and let people take whatever they want and possibly offer a donation if they so choose.  Could be an interesting social experiment.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2164 on: March 31, 2019, 10:10:07 AM »
Only three weeks left of work here.  I am kind of freaking out a bit, not really over quitting my job or retiring, but the fact that I haven't made much progress on getting rid of all of my possessions.  I'm working through 4/19 and then have to be fully moved out of my apartment by 4/30. 

Wow!  What are you planning to do after you FIRE @Eric ?  Are you going fully nomadic?  Cool.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2165 on: March 31, 2019, 10:43:58 AM »
Yep.  The plan is fully nomadic world travel for as long as it's fun.  My wife and I have managed to avoid kids, pets, and mortgages, so we're completely unencumbered (or will be once we clear out this apartment).  We're planning to start with only one backpack each and I'm pretty sure we're going to Thailand first, but haven't bought plane tickets yet. I have a bit of time for that though, as we're likely leaving sometime in late June after spending some time visiting family and friends prior to hitting the road full time.  Pretty exciting!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2166 on: March 31, 2019, 12:59:17 PM »

..big snip.....

It's funny though, part of "stepping outside my comfort zone" 2 years ago was walking away from a lucrative pager.  The journey to FIRE brought me to a place where I could make a decision based on happiness, not money.  I've got MMM / this forum to thank for that.

This is the happy side of FU money, let's call it FY,   Fuck Yes money. 

Still sad to lose you to OMY. You still have 3 quarters of 2019 to come back.

To ALL you OMY people, You still have 3 quarters of 2019 to come back!!!

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« Reply #2167 on: March 31, 2019, 01:36:33 PM »

..big snip.....

It's funny though, part of "stepping outside my comfort zone" 2 years ago was walking away from a lucrative pager.  The journey to FIRE brought me to a place where I could make a decision based on happiness, not money.  I've got MMM / this forum to thank for that.

This is the happy side of FU money, let's call it FY,   Fuck Yes money. 

Still sad to lose you to OMY. You still have 3 quarters of 2019 to come back.

To ALL you OMY people, You still have 3 quarters of 2019 to come back!!!

Totally! 

"Fuck Yes money".  I love it.  The perfect answer to the hypothetical question "Don't like your job eh ...  what are you going to do? Retire?!?!?"


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« Reply #2168 on: April 01, 2019, 07:44:27 AM »
Only three weeks left of work here.  I am kind of freaking out a bit, not really over quitting my job or retiring, but the fact that I haven't made much progress on getting rid of all of my possessions.  I'm working through 4/19 and then have to be fully moved out of my apartment by 4/30.  I'm now thinking I should've left myself more time.  It's amazing how much shit one can accumulate in a 550 sq ft apartment.  We shall see.  I think my current plan is to have a "Free or best offer" yard sale where I just pull everything out my front door and let people take whatever they want and possibly offer a donation if they so choose.  Could be an interesting social experiment.

Or perhaps have a traditional yard sale for the first four hours but advertise that everything will be free after a certain time.  Otherwise I bet that everyone will want everything for free from the get go.

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« Reply #2169 on: April 01, 2019, 09:52:08 AM »
Only three weeks left of work here.  I am kind of freaking out a bit, not really over quitting my job or retiring, but the fact that I haven't made much progress on getting rid of all of my possessions.  I'm working through 4/19 and then have to be fully moved out of my apartment by 4/30.  I'm now thinking I should've left myself more time.  It's amazing how much shit one can accumulate in a 550 sq ft apartment.  We shall see.  I think my current plan is to have a "Free or best offer" yard sale where I just pull everything out my front door and let people take whatever they want and possibly offer a donation if they so choose.  Could be an interesting social experiment.

Or perhaps have a traditional yard sale for the first four hours but advertise that everything will be free after a certain time.  Otherwise I bet that everyone will want everything for free from the get go.

I can just imagine a line of people waiting on the sidewalk until 1pm hits to then sprint in and grab anything they can like a Black Friday Door Buster sale or something.  lol

I'm mostly okay with free, because anything left means that I have to move it a lot further than right outside my front door.  It has to make it all the way to Goodwill or equivalent.  At this point, I just want to make sure that it gets gone.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2170 on: April 01, 2019, 04:29:26 PM »
Still sticking with the 2019 crew, but new Fire Date is early October. I let March come and go without giving notice and got put on a new project that was supposed to start today. I showed up this morning but the paperwork hadn't come through so they had to give me the day off. Took a nice long bike ride enjoying the cherry blossoms and fine weather on a Monday morning, good practice for being retired. Found it quite enjoyable!!

Original FIRE date was October 2018 when I took a month off. They wanted me back at work, so here I am. Pretty easy money and zero reason to get stressed, so why not? And to be honest, it has been harder to pull the plug and walk away than I anticipated (health insurance worries, last years poor market returns, etc.).

Planning another trip for this October/November of at least 6 weeks, it needs to be long enough that they won't give me the time off and I am forced to just quit. Do need to make sure all tickets and lodging are non-refundable so there will be significant cost for changing plans. No more OMY's!!!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2171 on: April 01, 2019, 04:51:04 PM »
Still sticking with the 2019 crew . . . 
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No more OMY's!!!

Great to hear from you @JumboShrimp!   Glad you are sticking around with us. :)  Sometimes we can use that little extra push . . .

                                 

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2172 on: April 02, 2019, 07:44:43 AM »
Handed my notice in an hour ago. Officially 30 days but likely to be just a few days which is normal in this industry. Officially retired! (or unemployed depending on your point of view).

Slightly non-mustachian plans in that we plan to buy a sail boat, take the kids out of school (8 and 7) and head off for an unspecified amount of time. Likely to be a minimum 15 months or so and then plan from there. We are being pretty conservative on the boat purchase (<5% of net worth) and we have income from our rental properties as well as planning to rent out our house while we are away so hopefully not a crazy plan financially. Long term dream so have to give it a go and was one of the reasons I did OMY. With luck our equities will grind higher in the background but shouldn't need to touch them while we are away. Secret plan is to retrain ourselves away from over consuming as we simply won't have the space to keep buying stuff on a boat. Other than the big stuff (houses / cars / holidays) we definitely are a fail on living a 'strict' mustachian life and only want to be mustachian-lite anyway!

Lots to do. Exciting times and a little scary. Woohoo.......

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« Reply #2173 on: April 02, 2019, 08:05:09 AM »
Handed my notice in an hour ago. Officially 30 days but likely to be just a few days which is normal in this industry. Officially retired! (or unemployed depending on your point of view).

Slightly non-mustachian plans in that we plan to buy a sail boat, take the kids out of school (8 and 7) and head off for an unspecified amount of time. Likely to be a minimum 15 months or so and then plan from there. We are being pretty conservative on the boat purchase (<5% of net worth) and we have income from our rental properties as well as planning to rent out our house while we are away so hopefully not a crazy plan financially. Long term dream so have to give it a go and was one of the reasons I did OMY. With luck our equities will grind higher in the background but shouldn't need to touch them while we are away. Secret plan is to retrain ourselves away from over consuming as we simply won't have the space to keep buying stuff on a boat. Other than the big stuff (houses / cars / holidays) we definitely are a fail on living a 'strict' mustachian life and only want to be mustachian-lite anyway!

Lots to do. Exciting times and a little scary. Woohoo.......

Congrats on handing in your notice.

Know that a sailboat is a very expensive hobby... From what I have heard, one of the most expensive options for a hobby.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2174 on: April 02, 2019, 08:13:40 AM »
Handed my notice in an hour ago.

Hell YEAH @edgema!!!!   Congrats on taking the step.  I know you were right on the fence.  Let us know when your last day is and we'll get you posted as Confirmed!


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« Reply #2175 on: April 02, 2019, 09:12:35 AM »
Well count me and my wife in. I have been wanting to retire for a couple years but couldn't convince my wife.
Finally about the middle of 2018 she started telling a few people our business was for sale.
 Then on Oct 10th Hurricane Michael hit us hard. Our business was totaled, our home had about $75k of damage, but we were able to live in it. We were officially retired after the hurricane, whether we wanted to or not.
 We had no insurance on the business, but very unlikely we could have sold it for even $100,000.
 The house insurance company has been very good to us, took care of everything.
 I was very happy to stop working and my wife is doing well, finding other ways to use her energy.
 I did a net worth* statement at the end of 2018 and again on March 31 2019, we are up $70k even after
paying all 3 months of our expenses. But this first quarter was spectacular in the market, I think VTI was up 14%!!
              Good luck to all of you!

* I never included the business in our net worth, so it was not a loss from my numbers.
 The business was a mom and pop niche, that took about 110 hours a week between the two of us.
Basically all we had was an income to sell, but no assets, so I never put a value on it.

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« Reply #2176 on: April 02, 2019, 09:29:03 AM »
So many exciting announcements! Congrats to @BTDretire , @edgema & @Loren Ver !!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2177 on: April 02, 2019, 09:43:11 AM »
Sailing is most definitely stupidly expensive as a hobby and if you walk past any marina you will see some of the most underutilized assets around. At least with the UK weather, owners might get 10 weekends a year maximum, particularly if they don't live close by and have a normal 9-5 job. We have a friend who lived 10 minutes from their boat but because of a rubbish UK summer only took it out 3 times one year. This is why we have never even considered owning one while working.

However, as a place to live, at least for a while, the maths changes. You are on hand to do the maintenance yourself and it is a 'tiny house' so you simply cannot fill it with nonsense belongings. You can make much of your own power (sails, solar, wind) and by definition bulk buy groceries and the like when you can. Like a car they depreciate, but we are buying a 15 year old boat so depreciation will not be a big issue as they are priced on condition and not age by that stage (GRP hulls will last >40 years). In the meantime you also get to rent your own house out as an income stream. 

Not going to claim it is the cheapest or fastest way to see the world, that is for sure, but we all have our own dreams.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2178 on: April 02, 2019, 09:53:05 AM »
Welcome @BTDretire!   Do you want to call yourself FIREd now then?

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« Reply #2179 on: April 02, 2019, 10:10:00 AM »
Sailing is most definitely stupidly expensive as a hobby and if you walk past any marina you will see some of the most underutilized assets around. At least with the UK weather, owners might get 10 weekends a year maximum, particularly if they don't live close by and have a normal 9-5 job. We have a friend who lived 10 minutes from their boat but because of a rubbish UK summer only took it out 3 times one year. This is why we have never even considered owning one while working.

However, as a place to live, at least for a while, the maths changes. You are on hand to do the maintenance yourself and it is a 'tiny house' so you simply cannot fill it with nonsense belongings. You can make much of your own power (sails, solar, wind) and by definition bulk buy groceries and the like when you can. Like a car they depreciate, but we are buying a 15 year old boat so depreciation will not be a big issue as they are priced on condition and not age by that stage (GRP hulls will last >40 years). In the meantime you also get to rent your own house out as an income stream. 

Not going to claim it is the cheapest or fastest way to see the world, that is for sure, but we all have our own dreams.
They do always say that the two happiest days are the day you buy your boat and the day you sell it.  Here's hoping you get some wonderful days in between!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2180 on: April 02, 2019, 08:42:56 PM »
Yes, my leave is confirmed for 6 months. My manager convinced me to start in a few weeks, which is fine since I'll get one more vesting event ($40k) and I'm working very low hours atm. Then back next year for a few weeks to max out 401k, match, Roth, SS contribs, etc. (I'm still < 40 SS credits). I might not confirm again in this thread, but this is confirmed with HR.

So, won't be fully FIREd but a significant change unlike anything else I've ever done in my career. From then on, I'll be slowly crusing up to an eventual $1.5M or even $2M net worth, no pressure. Perhaps working stints of a few months at a time, perhaps reducing expenses in a LCOL country with side gigs unrelated to technology, or perhaps staying content where I am.

Maybe next year would be a better "official FIRE" for me, but it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't benefit much from those labels so I'd rather just take it as it comes. Main point is I'm FI and enjoying a ton of flexibility right now.

Best of luck to everyone.

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« Reply #2181 on: April 03, 2019, 12:26:36 AM »
Sailing is most definitely stupidly expensive as a hobby and if you walk past any marina you will see some of the most underutilized assets around. At least with the UK weather, owners might get 10 weekends a year maximum, particularly if they don't live close by and have a normal 9-5 job. We have a friend who lived 10 minutes from their boat but because of a rubbish UK summer only took it out 3 times one year. This is why we have never even considered owning one while working.

However, as a place to live, at least for a while, the maths changes. You are on hand to do the maintenance yourself and it is a 'tiny house' so you simply cannot fill it with nonsense belongings. You can make much of your own power (sails, solar, wind) and by definition bulk buy groceries and the like when you can. Like a car they depreciate, but we are buying a 15 year old boat so depreciation will not be a big issue as they are priced on condition and not age by that stage (GRP hulls will last >40 years). In the meantime you also get to rent your own house out as an income stream. 

Not going to claim it is the cheapest or fastest way to see the world, that is for sure, but we all have our own dreams.

A friend of mine lived on a sailboat for many years, with her SO. They had put a lot of their own hours into getting it in shape. She said is was a very good part of their lives. They still both worked when they lived on the boat. In the weekends, all the normal weekend people were around in the harbour and that was a bit stressful. On those days, they would just go sailing for the weekend, away from the harbour. By the time they came back, the weekend people were just leaving and that was a relieve. She said there was a very good atmosphere amongst the other people who lived on a boat.
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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2182 on: April 03, 2019, 04:17:10 AM »
Good luck with your leave @gerardc!  I think we have a couple other folks that are taking the path of a long leave to test the water.  Hope you have a good time and rest up.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2183 on: April 03, 2019, 01:37:35 PM »
I recently discovered this pre-fire checklist on the forum and found it helpful. If you haven't seen it already take a look
https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/post-fire/pre-fire-checklist/

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2184 on: April 04, 2019, 12:50:32 AM »
Thanks for the reminder on the pre-fire checklist @Parizade -- good stuff there.

@PowerStache -- Is today the day?!?

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2185 on: April 04, 2019, 09:30:15 AM »
After yesterday's market close, my TSP account broke the $800k threshold for the first time. That was the goal I set for it by retirement, some 5-6 years ago. Pretty nice to see that part of the plan fall in line, even if only temporarily. I'm now 36 calendar days from my last day in the office (May 10; official retirement date is May 31), and factoring out weekends, sick days and vacation, only something like 15-18 work days left.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2186 on: April 04, 2019, 09:44:17 AM »
After yesterday's market close, my TSP account broke the $800k threshold for the first time. That was the goal I set for it by retirement, some 5-6 years ago. Pretty nice to see that part of the plan fall in line, even if only temporarily. I'm now 36 calendar days from my last day in the office (May 10; official retirement date is May 31), and factoring out weekends, sick days and vacation, only something like 15-18 work days left.

Your plan is coming together nicely.  15 days, that is awesome!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2187 on: April 04, 2019, 05:52:09 PM »
Yes @Trifele , today was the day!  Turned in the badge and computer.

Leaving is bittersweet as I have great co-workers.   But I am excited to de-stress and be free! Sitting here at my computer right now, still feels like a normal day home from work.  Very surreal.

Anyone who has FIRE'd already keeping in touch with old co-workers?  On social media or in person/verbal communication?  Going to be strange not having the "water cooler" type conversations anymore. 

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2188 on: April 04, 2019, 06:14:27 PM »
CONGRATULATIONS POWERSTACHE
I have great coworkers too, I'm not looking forward to missing them

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2189 on: April 05, 2019, 05:25:08 AM »
Congratulations @PowerStache!!!!     What are your FIRE plans?


2019 FIRE Cohort:

01/01/19     Bingeworker (52)          CONFIRMED
01/31/19     Trifele (51)                   CONFIRMED
02/01/19     Socmonkey (37)           CONFIRMED
02/01/19     August (54)                  CONFIRMED
02/01/19     Keeks (42)                   CONFIRMED
02/01/19     TheShinyHorse             CONFIRMED   
02/13/19     SeanTash                     CONFIRMED
02/28/19     nowwhat? (56)             CONFIRMED
03/15/19     Half Stached  (47)        CONFIRMED
03/15/19     FireHazard                   CONFIRMED
03/15/19     Luck12  (41)                CONFIRMED       
03/18/19     chasesfish (36)             CONFIRMED
03/18/19     Cycling Stache (43)       CONFIRMED
03/29/19     Loren Ver (36)              CONFIRMED
03/29/19     Mr. Ver (39)                  CONFIRMED
04/04/19     PowerStache (43)         CONFIRMED
04/05/19     MissNancyPryor (50)     CONFIRMED SWAMI
04/06/19     Caroline PF                   CONFIRMED SEMI-FIRE
04/07/19     BTDRetire (64) 
04/19/19     Eric (42)
04/19/19     Gerardc  (35)
04/26/19     FIRE 20/20  (42)
04/??/19     Ryder (39)
05/15/19     MaybeBabyMustache                   
05/??/19     SamIAm38  (29)
05/31/19     Odiedog8590  (62)
05/31/19     Livingthedream55  (59)
05/31/19     dude                              Date Confirmed
06/01/19     Prairie Stash
06/07/19     DreamFire
06/15/19     Okonomiyaki (49)
06/15/19     2Birds1Stone  (32)
06/21/19     Parizade  (62)
06/22/19     Waffles  (52)
06/30/19     Pylortes  (42)
06/??/19     Oldtoyota
07/??/19     Thedividebyzero  (45)
07/03/19     Miss Piggy
07/05/19     StoaX (58)
07/29/19     Lews Therin (29)
08/01/19     SugarMountain
08/31/19     Gerard
09/02/19     Cornbread OMalley  (42)  Date Confirmed
09/13/19     dayzero
09/??/19     RetirementDreaming
10/18/19     MoMan  (55)
10/??/19     VoteCthulu  (39)
10/??/19     Trix76  (43)
10/??/19     Dreamer
10/??/19     JumboShrimp
12/??/19     HBFI  (38)
12/??/19     luckyme13  (45)
12/19/19     Itchyfeet  (47)
12/27/19     moxie
12/31/19     texxan1  (47)
12/31/19     Nifty (31)

2019 Cohort with date TBD:
Lowerbills (40)
getoutsoon (52)
IPlawyer
MustacheAnxiety
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BlindSquirrel
I'm Fred (51)
JoJo (45)
Edgema

OMY/2MY/Etc:
Freedomin5 (38)
Roboturner  (30)
Bateaux (51)
Linda_Norway (45)
CryingInThePool  (44)
Albireo13  (61)
Cookie78
Enigma
exit2019  (40)
powersuitrecall  (47)

OLY
markbike528cbx  (55)      OLY -- CONFIRMED 6/1/18; checking in as OP
MoneyStacher  (50)         OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018
PhilB  (52)                      OLY -- CONFIRMED 10/24/18
sui generis  (41)              OLY -- CONFIRMED 8/17/18
TartanTallulah  (55)          OLY -- CONFIRMED 10/2018
cerat0n1a                       OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018 
Chairman                        OLY -- CONFIRMED 2018
Bognish (43)                   OLY -- CONFIRMED 11/16/18
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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2190 on: April 05, 2019, 09:44:04 AM »
This is it!  Phone, badge, computer, travel credit card, parking pass, building keys all getting dropped off today.  Officially gone from MegaCorpSucks. 

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Please move me to SWAMI status. 

Woohoo!!!  Congrats @MissNancyPryor!  Got you confirmed above as SWAMI.  Badass move to give MegaCorpSucks the finger and move on -- on your own terms.  Nice. 

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2191 on: April 05, 2019, 09:47:09 AM »
9/13 is my last day. 161 days left.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2192 on: April 05, 2019, 09:48:37 AM »
... only to be working for a bit of mental stimulation and to possibly find a date.

I guess the old stories about stewardesses are true.   And here I thought it was all Hollywood exaggeration!

I expect my bullshit meter will be set permanently to "intolerant" ...

Not sure how many offers for a date you'll get but it sounds like you'll be pretty picky about accepting them!   That's one way to put FU money to use.



All joking aside, congrats!!!!

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2193 on: April 05, 2019, 10:29:57 AM »
I expect my bullshit meter will be set permanently to "intolerant" so I have no idea how long I will be hanging out.  Even with a much better culture than MegaCorp, it is still corporate life. 
Congratulations!
As to the bullshit, when they know you don't need the job it's amazing how many of the rules they decide don't have to apply to you after all once you smile and say you're not going to do x y or z.

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« Reply #2194 on: April 05, 2019, 10:42:53 AM »
The half-step from super high velocity work life to something simpler has to be good for me and I will concentrate on developing life outside the boundaries of work.  I think I will have clarity before long and will be ready to set a new RE date having already achieved FI.     

Please move me to SWAMI status.

Congratulations! Part of having fu money is being able to choose your own label or no label at all! Enjoy

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2195 on: April 05, 2019, 10:59:37 AM »
Woah, as the list of "Confirmed" grows and gets closer and closer to your own name.........it's starting to feel real :)

10 Weeks or 45 Work Days left.


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« Reply #2196 on: April 05, 2019, 11:23:35 AM »
Damn you 2b1s. 10 less than me. You win.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2197 on: April 05, 2019, 11:36:50 AM »
Anyone who has FIRE'd already keeping in touch with old co-workers?  On social media or in person/verbal communication?

Both. Had lunch every Wednesday with colleagues for 10+ years and have continued to do so about once a month. Some other people who've left over the years come occasionally too. We'd rarely talk shop even when we all worked together.

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« Reply #2198 on: April 05, 2019, 11:48:46 AM »
Anyone who has FIRE'd already keeping in touch with old co-workers? 

Yes, I'm meeting up for a beer with a largish group of former co-workers next week.  This'll be the first time, and I'm really curious what it will be like.

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Re: 2019 fire cohort
« Reply #2199 on: April 05, 2019, 11:52:42 AM »
Anyone who has FIRE'd already keeping in touch with old co-workers? 

Yes, I'm meeting up for a beer with a largish group of former co-workers next week.  This'll be the first time, and I'm really curious what it will be like.

It can be a bit of an acquired taste, and will probably be slightly bitter to the untrained palate, but a good beer on a sunny day is tough to beat.  It's nice you're able to explore different drinks now that you're retired.  ;)