I'm glad to find this thread. I've been feeling a little burnt out and some of your posts are really helpful on how to deal with the decade long time horizon.
My husband and I keep separate stashes. 2030 is our rough goal, but I'm fairly confident I will be ready in 2029. We have a small inexpensive house that will be paid off in 2026. I don't count this as part of my net worth as we won't be selling to support our plan.
My savings rate is currently just above 50%.
My basic journey, as multiple of yearly expenses:
2013: 1.8x (the year I found MMM and ERE and paid off my student loans)
2014: 3.5x
2015: 4.2x (bought a house and changed jobs)
2016: 5.75x
2017: 6.15x (quit my job to be a pretend astronaut)
2018: 6.75x
currently: 7.5x
My goal is 28.5x or about 3.5% withdrawal rate.
This is the year I will crack 200k of invested assets, and I feel like it has been a LOOOOONG time coming. I kissed this ceiling once before, but it wasn't stable. Taking a gap year in 2017 really soaked up some of my momentum, but was worth it in the long run. I've been reading Dr. Doom's blog and agree with his sentiments on
gap years.