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Goldielocks

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LOA approved!
« on: May 24, 2016, 06:08:36 PM »
I had to post this right away.  My LOA for 3 months this summer was just approved.  Whoop Whoop!

This is step 5 on my FIRE Plan

Step 1 -- figuring out the FIRE is something people actually do, and that I wanted to, too.
Step 2 -- Figuring out the retirement math and how much $ was needed, and saving it.
Step 3 -- Figuring out what I wanted to do in FIRE, and where money could come from (FIRE to something, not FIRE to run away from something), and then making it happen, starting 9 months ago...
Step 4 -- Talking to DH about it and getting (partial) agreement.  (DH is afraid of full time FIRE for me, so agreement to 12 week trial was a win)
Step 5 - Getting the LOA to try it out, decide if I want to proceed to Full time.


Step 6 - making the lower living expenses and lifestyle choices happen in only 3 months.
Step 7 - getting the lifestyle business generating revenue...
Step 8 - deciding if FT FIRE is for me...


Some hard steps coming up, including not treating the 3 month LOA as a vacation instead of a trial for FIRE.


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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2016, 07:34:16 PM »
Nice going!

Regarding step 6, hopefully you can have longer than 3 months of actually living at your lower level of expenses to make sure you're willing to stick with it for many years.
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Goldielocks

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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2016, 11:37:16 PM »
Argh.  now DH is claiming that what he gave as non-committal support to this, is actually no support at all.

I have a lot of talking to do...   getting a spouse to come around is actually quite hard to do.
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mwulff

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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2016, 12:06:42 AM »
Depending on the situation it may be more cost-effective to replace the spouse ;)
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Goldielocks

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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2016, 12:42:19 AM »
Quote from: mwulff on May 25, 2016, 12:06:42 AM
Depending on the situation it may be more cost-effective to replace the spouse ;)


That's what he said.  I am not willing to go there, though.  Half the reason for the time off is to start with healthier behaviors without work stress, including improved communications with DH.
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mwulff

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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2016, 12:57:48 AM »
I was actually joking a bit there :) But the best of luck with your LOA.
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Re: LOA approved!
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2016, 01:26:41 AM »
Looks like a super solid plan. Good work!  I hope it works out better than you even imagine.
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