Linea Norway, Can you add me to the list?
I have been trying to slog on OMY due to my spouses desire for more padding in our stash, plus I thought I would be furloughed or laid off during Covid which did not happen.
I am counting the days and really white knuckled it for 3 years at a Full time desk job I took for the money and I knew I would hate it. If I could do over, I would have coast fired working part time, I was forced out of my old job due to health issues, and that was a blessing also, very lucky for me. I had serious burn out, but still at that time I was working part time 32 hours a week. AT that time my plan was to decrease to 20 hours a week or Per Diem or contract work ( as soon as I had 500K invested and my spouse had a similar amount). Working in the Hospital is very stressful anyway and I wonder how much the stress contributed to some of my health issues. Anyway I am healthy now and the desk job has certainly padded the stash considerably. My spouse still wants more padding and is willing to work an extra year or two herself to bring in more. I am 55 years old and running out of time, she is a tad younger 49, and I just can not wait to GTFO and do the things I want. I feel chained to my desk, and this job really is more like 50 hours a week. I flexed up my hours instead of down.
Now we downsized and sold our house in the city, had already bought a small place in a resort town to retire to ( a tiny place but very inexpensive compared to the big city). With the windfall from the home pushes our net worth up and over the original number which was about 1.6M. Now I want to retire immediately but my company gives us a small bonus, could be 5-7K If I stay though 12/31 so while my last day is Jan 1 2022 I feel I will retire on 12/31/2020 ( since I will not work on Jan 1 but take a vacation day).
I still can not believe I am in this position, 55 is not really young, but younger than most, and I feel guilty evevn sharing that I am retired with my working class friends who will not retire until 65 probably. Hell I have a friend who is still working Full time at age 70. I feel very lucky! I am also grateful for all the information I gleened from this place ( and the face punches and learning to flex my frugal muscle) which gave me the idea to retire back in 2015-2016 when I had had it with my job.