2019 fire cohort

[Trifle]

Wow, great analogy @Parizade!  You dance, girl.  :)

[Loren Ver]

WOO HOO to those that made it.  So exciting!!!!

@jfer_rose that is why some people do this via letter, it takes out the awkward part.  If mine hadn't had been over the phone, it would have been squirmy and even more awkward for me.  Once you are ready, you can email your details (which HR will probably want) and then you don't have to look or sound confident. 

[waffles]

Parizade, I love the Spring Cow! Maybe that can be the spirit animal of this cohort lol. It is certainly mine now!

[Trifle]

Should be a fun week!  Four FIRE-ees ready to jump and pull the rip cord, open the barn door and run for it, [insert your favorite metaphor!]  --  @RichMoose, @waffles, @Parizade, and @okonumiyaki.

OH YEAH!!!

[tooqk4u22]

@tooqk4u22 -- How did it go yesterday?  Did you wrap up?

And how are you doing @Dibdab, @okonomiyaki, and @2Birds1Stone  ?  Is tomorrow still your last day?

Actually 6/10 was my last day so I am basically one week in.  It has gone fast and busier than I expected, mostly my doing and a good thing and I haven't been on a computer since then until now (had to pay some bills).   So far so good.   Main issue is my projects list keeps growing in number and my ideas are tending toward "way above my skill set" 

[Trifle]

@tooqk4u22 -- How did it go yesterday?  Did you wrap up?

Actually 6/10 was my last day so I am basically one week in.  It has gone fast and busier than I expected, mostly my doing and a good thing and I haven't been on a computer since then until now (had to pay some bills).   So far so good.   Main issue is my projects list keeps growing in number and my ideas are tending toward "way above my skill set"

Wow!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!  Got you confirmed above.  I hear you on the projects, haha.  After a while, you wonder how we ever had time to work full time.

By the way, I have to ask:  how do you 'read' your user name?  When I see it, part of my brain reads "too quick for you", but sometimes it looks like "toque" and "tutu", which would be an interesting outfit lol. 

[Home Stretch]

Welp, I just gave my notice this morning. It went more smoothly than I ever could have expected. Manager/CEO were both very chill about it. Everyone is very understanding and people have been coming by to wish me well and ask where I'm going (to which I respond "I'm taking some time off").

As I said in my last comment, I don't have much to hand off, so we discussed when my last day would be. I was originally hoping for Wednesday, but now I'm seeing it will take at least 2 days just to properly get the paperwork together and hand everything off without putting an undue burden on HR or IT, which I would never want to do (I get along great with them). So, to make things easy on everyone we have decided officially that my last day will be this Friday, June 21st.

So, @Trifele - you can update the list! Can't wait to join everyone else who has made the leap in 2019!

[Trifle]

CONGRATS @RichMoose!  Our youngest FIRE-ee of the year so far.  Best of luck on your move to Hanoi this summer!

CONGRATULATIONS @waffles!!  After a long successful career, hope it feels good to walk out that door!


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 (48)              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
04/01/19     Ryder (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)              CONFIRMED 
04/19/19     Eric (42)                       CONFIRMED
04/26/19     FIRE 20/20  (42)           CONFIRMED
05/02/19     couponvan                    CONFIRMED
05/14/19     anonprof                       CONFIRMED
05/16/19     dude (53)                      CONFIRMED
05/17/19     MaybeBabyMustache      CONFIRMED SABBATICAL                   
05/24/19     Prairie Stash (38)           CONFIRMED
05/30/19     Livingthedream55 (59)   CONFIRMED
05/30/19     MoMan  (54)                  CONFIRMED
05/31/19     Odiedog859  (62)           CONFIRMED
06/10/19     tooqk4u22                     CONFIRMED             
06/14/19     Dibdab (56)                   CONFIRMED
06/18/19     RichMoose (29)              CONFIRMED
06/19/19     Waffles  (52)                  CONFIRMED
06/20/19     Parizade  (62)
06/21/19     Okonumiyaki (49)
06/21/19     Home Stretch (31)
06/30/19     SHO (37)
06/30/19     snowdog (57)
06/??/19     Oldtoyota
07/03/19     Miss Piggy
07/05/19     StoaX (58)
07/05/19     5OClocksomewhere
07/08/19     Batljunk
07/08/19     Mathieu
07/29/19     Lews Therin (29)
07/??/19     Thedividebyzero  (45)
07/??/19     Omy
07/??/19     Dire Wolf
08/01/19     SugarMountain
08/09/19     Jfer_rose (41)
08/31/19     Gerard
09/02/19     Cornbread OMalley  (42)  Date Confirmed
09/13/19     dayzero
09/??/19     RetirementDreaming
10/01/19    SnakesInTheGrass (55)
10/??/19     VoteCthulu  (39)
10/??/19     Trix76  (43)
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)
Pylortes  (42)
SamIAm38  (30)
DreamFire
2Birds1Stone  (32)

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

   

[Loren Ver]

Welp, I just gave my notice this morning. It went more smoothly than I ever could have expected. Manager/CEO were both very chill about it. Everyone is very understanding and people have been coming by to wish me well and ask where I'm going (to which I respond "I'm taking some time off").

As I said in my last comment, I don't have much to hand off, so we discussed when my last day would be. I was originally hoping for Wednesday, but now I'm seeing it will take at least 2 days just to properly get the paperwork together and hand everything off without putting an undue burden on HR or IT, which I would never want to do (I get along great with them). So, to make things easy on everyone we have decided officially that my last day will be this Friday, June 21st.

So, @Trifele - you can update the list! Can't wait to join everyone else who has made the leap in 2019!

That's great!  It will be here FAST!

[tooqk4u22]

@tooqk4u22 -- How did it go yesterday?  Did you wrap up?

Actually 6/10 was my last day so I am basically one week in.  It has gone fast and busier than I expected, mostly my doing and a good thing and I haven't been on a computer since then until now (had to pay some bills).   So far so good.   Main issue is my projects list keeps growing in number and my ideas are tending toward "way above my skill set"

Wow!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!  Got you confirmed above.  I hear you on the projects, haha.  After a while, you wonder how we ever had time to work full time.

By the way, I have to ask:  how do you 'read' your user name?  When I see it, part of my brain reads "too quick for you", but sometimes it looks like "toque" and "tutu", which would be an interesting outfit lol.

[RichMoose]

Went in to work today to hand in my badge, keys, clean out my desk, and take the last few personal belongings home. I'm officially off the books at the end of the day. A great feeling!

I guess this makes me officially FIRE until I find something else to do. I don't anticipate that to be for a while as I've got a big move to Vietnam coming up that I need to prepare for.

Lets keep the CONFIRMED's going! Looks like Lews (another Canadian) is up next for the <30 FIREes this year!

[Parizade]

Congratulations @RichMoose, I'm right behind you. I'll be turning in my badge and computer on Thursday.

[Trifle]

CONGRATULATIONS @waffles!   You are CONFIRMED.   Breathe the free air.  Let us know how it goes and what your immediate plans are!

[Trifle]

Congratulations @RichMoose, I'm right behind you. I'll be turning in my badge and computer on Thursday.

Look at your FIRE ticker picture @Parizade -- crazy!  You've been a regular on this thread for what, three or four years?  And now it's almost here! 

[Parizade]

I was thinking about that the other day @Trifele when I saw this thread
How do you motivate yourself to work 1,000 more days?

I did a search to see what I was posting about 1000 days ago, apparently motivation was not a problem for me. I had some major family issues going on at the time so that was a distraction, but it certainly didn't lessen my motivation.

I'm dismantling my home office today and making the 2 hour trek up to the cities. I'll be staying there with a friend tonight and dropping off most of my equipment before the office party tomorrow. I'll hold onto my laptop another day so I can respond to any last minute farewell emails, but I certainly won't be using it for work.

It's all getting very real now.

[RichMoose]

Congratulations RichMoose, I'm right behind you. I'll be turning in my badge and computer on Thursday.

Awesome! If you don't mind sharing, what's your service?
I was a police officer for 3 years and a bylaw officer for 6.

[Parizade]

My service? Megacorp lackey lol. I'm turning in my security badge, no more access to corporate hq.

But thank you for your service :-)

[RichMoose]

My service? Megacorp lackey lol. I'm turning in my security badge, no more access to corporate hq.

But thank you for your service :-)

Haha! I guess in my world we make assumptions about badges. Police, fire, paramedics, military, etc.

But yes, along with my badge I also had to turn in a security ID card, building access cards, and half a dozen fancy keys (most are backup for when the access card system fails). Then sign an agreement that I still won't unlawfully disclose information that I have learned about people over the years via internal police information systems. And go through a long checklist of equipment and things that could be misused (ie. uniform pants, shirts, jackets, shoulder flashes, body armor).

[sisto]

Wanted to chime in and congratulate you all. I also got a kick out of the badge/service convo. I work for megacorp, so my assumption was biased towards that type of badge. It was cool seeing a different perspective. I like to lurk around here and see how people are doing and reading their stories. My official date is in 2021.

[Bingeworker]

Just wanted to drop by and say congratulations to all the recent retirees, and cheer on those who are rapidly approaching the finish line!  Feels great, doesn't it?

[DireWolf]

I'm tentatively going to tell my boss I'm retiring when I get back from a beach vacation on July 1st. Thought about telling him this week, but a week off to think about life before I commit seems prudent. Should be out by my 51st birthday. Wife just got a big promotion, enough to cover all our expenses and still put in some 401k (enough for the employer match). She says 5 more years for her (she started her career in early 30s, unlike me). If she does 1.5, we'd be at 100% FIREcalc.

Her health benefits are outstanding, so that's a big relief from worrying about what will happen with ACA. Hopefully when she is ready to quit, we have a lot better outlook as to health care. Scares the hell out of me right now. I'm also now kinda hoping we go ahead and get the inevitable recession over with before I tap the nest egg at all.

[Loren Ver]

I was thinking about that the other day @Trifele when I saw this thread
How do you motivate yourself to work 1,000 more days?

I did a search to see what I was posting about 1000 days ago, apparently motivation was not a problem for me. I had some major family issues going on at the time so that was a distraction, but it certainly didn't lessen my motivation.

I'm dismantling my home office today and making the 2 hour trek up to the cities. I'll be staying there with a friend tonight and dropping off most of my equipment before the office party tomorrow. I'll hold onto my laptop another day so I can respond to any last minute farewell emails, but I certainly won't be using it for work.

It's all getting very real now.

The barn door is almost open.  Your wee turtle is on the move!!  Woo hoo.

@RichMoose Congrats on making it!!!!

[Home Stretch]

Thanks @Bingeworker and @sisto for the congratulatory words! I sent out my "farewell" email today and it's been both gratifying and a little sad to see all the responses from people who I am genuinely going to miss having an excuse to be around. I think I spent 2 hours writing what ended up being a 2 paragraph email. I had to dare myself to hit the send button. It was a really strange feeling.

T-minus 38 hours for me.

[waffles]

I worked my last shift today! It was hard saying goodbye to the people I have worked with, some for many years. There was a nice little retirement party and good food.

So it is now about six hours after leaving work for the last time and it is really sinking in that I NEVER HAVE TO GO BACK. My time is truly my own now. This will take some getting used to.

[Linea_Norway]

Congrats for all those of you who have FIREd.

[Trifle]

Have a great last day at work @Parizade!  And hope you have a ball in Seattle!  Looking forward to your 'FIRE Porn' pictures.  :)

                                                               

[Trifle]

CONGRATULATIONS @Parizade on your last day!  You are CONFIRMED.

@DireWolf -- got you added for July.   Welcome aboard!


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 (48)              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
04/01/19     Ryder (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)              CONFIRMED 
04/19/19     Eric (42)                       CONFIRMED
04/26/19     FIRE 20/20  (42)           CONFIRMED
05/02/19     couponvan                    CONFIRMED
05/14/19     anonprof                       CONFIRMED
05/16/19     dude (53)                      CONFIRMED
05/17/19     MaybeBabyMustache      CONFIRMED SABBATICAL                   
05/24/19     Prairie Stash (38)           CONFIRMED
05/30/19     Livingthedream55 (59)   CONFIRMED
05/30/19     MoMan  (54)                  CONFIRMED
05/31/19     Odiedog859  (62)           CONFIRMED
06/10/19     tooqk4u22                     CONFIRMED             
06/14/19     Dibdab (56)                   CONFIRMED
06/18/19     RichMoose (29)              CONFIRMED
06/19/19     Waffles  (52)                  CONFIRMED
06/20/19     Parizade  (62)                CONFIRMED
06/21/19     Okonumiyaki (49)          CONFIRMED
06/21/19     Home Stretch (31)         CONFIRMED                 
06/30/19     SHO (37)
06/30/19     snowdog (57)
06/??/19     Oldtoyota
07/03/19     Miss Piggy
07/05/19     StoaX (58)
07/05/19     5OClocksomewhere
07/08/19     Batljunk
07/08/19     Mathieu
07/29/19     Lews Therin (29)
07/??/19     Thedividebyzero  (45)
07/??/19     Omy
07/??/19     Dire Wolf
08/01/19     SugarMountain
08/09/19     Jfer_rose (41)
08/31/19     Gerard
09/02/19     Cornbread OMalley  (42)  Date Confirmed
09/13/19     dayzero
09/??/19     RetirementDreaming
10/01/19    SnakesInTheGrass (55)
10/??/19     VoteCthulu  (39)
10/??/19     Trix76  (43)
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)
Pylortes  (42)
DreamFire
2Birds1Stone  (32)

OMY/2MY/Etc:
Freedomin5 (38)
Roboturner  (30)
Bateaux (51)
Linda_Norway (45)
CryingInThePool  (44)
Albireo13  (61)
Cookie78
Enigma
exit2019  (40)
powersuitrecall  (47)
SamIAm38  (30)

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

[Parizade]

They threw me a very nice little party, got to visit with coworkers I hadn't seen in many years, and the cake was delicious.



Thank you or updating the list Trifele, I love seeing CONFIRMED next to my name.
And thanks to all for the congratulations and well wishes.

[dude]

Yooooooo, 2019 Cohort peeps! Figured I'd check in since I cast off the shackles 41 days ago. Retirement is fucking grand! Went to Hawaii for 2 weeks (week in Maui, week on the Big Island), now been back a couple weeks. Haven't set an alarm clock for well over a month now, and I love it. Getting ready for a 3-week intermountain west (CO/UT/WY) climbing trip in a few weeks, then coming home for a couple weeks before heading back out west for 3-4 weeks (WY/Vegas/SoCal) for some jiu jitsu and surfing. Beyond that, who knows? Been filling my days with lots of working out, running, climbing, and jiu jitsu. This FIRE deal is as good as I'd fantasized it would be! Git some!

[Home Stretch]

Yooooooo, 2019 Cohort peeps! Figured I'd check in since I cast off the shackles 41 days ago. Retirement is fucking grand! Went to Hawaii for 2 weeks (week in Maui, week on the Big Island), now been back a couple weeks. Haven't set an alarm clock for well over a month now, and I love it. Getting ready for a 3-week intermountain west (CO/UT/WY) climbing trip in a few weeks, then coming home for a couple weeks before heading back out west for 3-4 weeks (WY/Vegas/SoCal) for some jiu jitsu and surfing. Beyond that, who knows? Been filling my days with lots of working out, running, climbing, and jiu jitsu. This FIRE deal is as good as I'd fantasized it would be! Git some!

Thanks for the update @dude! Sounds like you're absolutely doing it the right way.

I'm looking to join you in the exercise (running/cycling/weight training for me) department next week. Sitting in my office for the last day today and figured what better way to burn the time than on the forums here.

[Loren Ver]

Man, I know it is a little late in the year, but we should of had a rule that when you FIRE and get cake, you have the share the cake with the rest of the cohort.  It seems only fair :).

[Parizade]

c'mon over @Loren Ver, they sent the leftovers home with me

[FIRE 20/20]

I've been FIREd since April 26, but finally turned in my badge, laptop, remote access key, etc.  I had been on personal leave (i.e. not working) waiting for some possible work that I'd agreed to support, but haven't been contacted.  I finally told the HR people that I'm formally resigning.  Being "on leave" was a pretty sweet deal because I kept most of my benefits without having to work, but I was tired of this extra thing hanging over my head - and it prevented me from making any real travel plans. 

While the details are different, I'm in complete agreement with @dude .  The past 2 months have been amazing, and I only see things getting better from here.  FIRE is everything I had hoped it would be. 

[Loren Ver]

c'mon over @Loren Ver, they sent the leftovers home with me

YESSSSSSSSSSS

And it is beautiful too!

[itchyfeet]

Wow the list of 2019 FIREd legends is getting really long. Congrats to you all.

A few good months and I find myself tat 94.5% of my target number..... but still question whether the number is the right one... 😔

[Miss Piggy]

@Trifele - you can confirm me for the date that's currently on the group list for me: July 3. (You had asked about that a page or two ago.)  Thank you for managing this list/thread/group!  :)



I'm in kind of a bittersweet mental space right now. I love my teammates; my boss is pretty good; the work is mostly okay; but I absolutely effing HATE the cult company. So happy to be ending the daily grind of wanting to put a sharp stick in my eye instead of walking into that building. 

[Linea_Norway]

@Trifele - you can confirm me for the date that's currently on the group list for me: July 3. (You had asked about that a page or two ago.)  Thank you for managing this list/thread/group!  :)



I'm in kind of a bittersweet mental space right now. I love my teammates; my boss is pretty good; the work is mostly okay; but I absolutely effing HATE the cult company. So happy to be ending the daily grind of wanting to put a sharp stick in my eye instead of walking into that building.

That is only a week and a half from now. :-) Sounds like you really meed to quit there.
It is very often the company and it's rules and culture. The people you work with are often the best part of a job, apart from a few exceptions, but they all have to comply with the company BS.

[Loren Ver]

@Trifele - you can confirm me for the date that's currently on the group list for me: July 3. (You had asked about that a page or two ago.)  Thank you for managing this list/thread/group!  :)



I'm in kind of a bittersweet mental space right now. I love my teammates; my boss is pretty good; the work is mostly okay; but I absolutely effing HATE the cult company. So happy to be ending the daily grind of wanting to put a sharp stick in my eye instead of walking into that building.

That is only a week and a half from now. :-) Sounds like you really meed to quit there.
It is very often the company and it's rules and culture. The people you work with are often the best part of a job, apart from a few exceptions, but they all have to comply with the company BS.

Very very true Linea!

[Miss Piggy]

It is very often the company and it's rules and culture. The people you work with are often the best part of a job, apart from a few exceptions, but they all have to comply with the company BS.

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it.

[Trifle]

Congrats @okonumiyaki and @Home Stretch!   Got you CONFIRMED above ^.  That feels lucky, FIREing on the first day of summer.  Enjoy!

[chasesfish]

Just checking in to the fellow coherts

Geographic arbitrage is a pain in the rear, but will hopefully be setup at the beach in just under three weeks.  Keep on trucking

[Parizade]

Put the sharp stick down @Miss Piggy, you're almost there.

All retirement celebrations are done now, I'll be getting on a plane to Seattle in a few hours. I don't think I'm really feeling it yet, letting go of the "gotta work" mindset might take me awhile.

[Loren Ver]

Put the sharp stick down @Miss Piggy, you're almost there.

All retirement celebrations are done now, I'll be getting on a plane to Seattle in a few hours. I don't think I'm really feeling it yet, letting go of the "gotta work" mindset might take me awhile.

Travel safe!

[SamIAm38]

I think I'm out guys. Wasn't feeling completely comfortable with the idea of stopping work completely to fire, and not comfortable staying at this routine. I need a larger nest egg to support the life I'd like to live.

I liked the sabbatical idea but a job came up that seems really interesting. 15% more money, flexibility in where I can live, less hours, weekends off and a different type of position within my field. It's been fun in the 2019 cohort but I guess I'll find a new cohort home.

My future employer said I can start when I'm ready. How long of a gap between this employer and starting with them is acceptable? I was thinking of asking for 4-5 weeks off between jobs but I'm not sure if i'm pushing it, or I could get away with more.

Wish me luck, 2 weeks notice in 3 days....

[Trifle]

Got you updated ^ @SamIAm38.  Sounds like a great opportunity!  You have plenty of time to figure out your best life path.  Best of luck!

[RichMoose]

I think I'm out guys. Wasn't feeling completely comfortable with the idea of stopping work completely to fire, and not comfortable staying at this routine. I need a larger nest egg to support the life I'd like to live.

I liked the sabbatical idea but a job came up that seems really interesting. 15% more money, flexibility in where I can live, less hours, weekends off and a different type of position within my field. It's been fun in the 2019 cohort but I guess I'll find a new cohort home.

My future employer said I can start when I'm ready. How long of a gap between this employer and starting with them is acceptable? I was thinking of asking for 4-5 weeks off between jobs but I'm not sure if i'm pushing it, or I could get away with more.

Wish me luck, 2 weeks notice in 3 days....

Congrats! Sounds like a great opportunity. I would not feel pressured to FIRE at all. If a good opportunity like this comes up, it might be the motivation you need to get a new wind in your working life (and maybe your personal life as well). It is always nice to know that if things don't work out you have a healthy nest egg to back things up and you can walk away stress free.

Never forget, the important thing is happiness... not FIRE.

I would ask for as much time as you want. It may be a good test to see how flexible they will really be in the future. If they want you there sooner because of a certain project, you could always ask for half days or 3 day work weeks to start until the end of summer. The ball is in your court!

[Loren Ver]

I think I'm out guys. Wasn't feeling completely comfortable with the idea of stopping work completely to fire, and not comfortable staying at this routine. I need a larger nest egg to support the life I'd like to live.

I liked the sabbatical idea but a job came up that seems really interesting. 15% more money, flexibility in where I can live, less hours, weekends off and a different type of position within my field. It's been fun in the 2019 cohort but I guess I'll find a new cohort home.

My future employer said I can start when I'm ready. How long of a gap between this employer and starting with them is acceptable? I was thinking of asking for 4-5 weeks off between jobs but I'm not sure if i'm pushing it, or I could get away with more.

Wish me luck, 2 weeks notice in 3 days....

Good by @SamIAm38, good luck giving notice. 
I like @lhamo's idea, it sounds reasonable to me, a few weeks off should be easy to do.

LV

[Parizade]

Fare thee well Sam, enjoy your break and your FIREless new adventure.

So far FIRE has been a blast, though I did get a little sunburn yesterday. Not used to spending so much time outside in the middle of the day! I'm meeting lots of grandmas who are in the same boat as me, helping their kids with daycare. And my granddaughter is rather a social butterfly, no worries about her making friends here.

Congrats to all my companions who FIRED last week, sorry if I missed your day but I've been busy :-)

[Home Stretch]

Checking in after a few days on the other side. IT IS GLORIOUS.

I've been waking up around the same time as I did before (7am), but now I fill my mornings with productive activities. So far, I've been making super-healthy breakfasts, delicious coffee, and then going for 30-minute high-intensity bike rides. I take a good hour to cool down (still in pretty garbage physical condition), then I take a shower and make lunch. Every day so far this week I've had stuff scheduled with my close friends and/or ex-coworkers, so I'm certainly not wanting for more socialization. Bought a new game for 80% off on a Steam sale, but haven't even had time to play it that much because I've been so busy living my actual life.

How the hell did I ever have time to live my life before I left my full-time job? Oh wait, I wasn't...

[Linea_Norway]

Checking in after a few days on the other side. IT IS GLORIOUS.

I've been waking up around the same time as I did before (7am), but now I fill my mornings with productive activities. So far, I've been making super-healthy breakfasts, delicious coffee, and then going for 30-minute high-intensity bike rides. I take a good hour to cool down (still in pretty garbage physical condition), then I take a shower and make lunch. Every day so far this week I've had stuff scheduled with my close friends and/or ex-coworkers, so I'm certainly not wanting for more socialization. Bought a new game for 80% off on a Steam sale, but haven't even had time to play it that much because I've been so busy living my actual life.

How the hell did I ever have time to live my life before I left my full-time job? Oh wait, I wasn't...

Good for you that you are so happy.