TLDR: Mid-30s, married professional in HCOL city. Spouse (also in 30s) and I keep finances separate, and all numbers below are my own. No kids, though we might adopt within a few years (and numbers below would be able to support a kid, inclusive of adoption stipend etc.).
Currently at $1.05M. Debating FIRE in 1 year at $1.25-$1.35M, or keep working in new, lower stress job ($300K/yr) and aim to FIRE in 2 or 3 years somewhere between $1.5-$2M. Each year worked, assuming markets do decently, is another roughly $250K to the investments.
Current $1.05M would support my current, perfectly happy lifestyle at $40-$45K/yr. $1.25/$1.35M would support my desired spend level of $57K/yr in retirement. $1.5-$2M is that much more, and would add a nice safety buffer or spend amount in exchange for working an additional 1-2 years. Note, numbers have a more aggressive withdrawal rate because a sizable portion of my spend is a fixed, non-inflationary mortgage (I'm targeting 90% chances of success in FiCalc with flexibility to lower spend in down years and use cash reserves).
As a bit of background, I've wanted to FIRE for a long time - in part because I want freedom to do what I want with my time, as well as to get away from my stressful industry (legal). However, I went in-house a little bit ago into a new type of job that is way lower stress and still pays very well (about $300K/yr all in).
Given that the new job is easier and less stressful, I'm thinking I should take advantage of it and should work at least another year to hit my ideal spend FIRE number but am debating whether I should keep working longer than that, since I'm still rather young and each year worked could be an additional $250K to the nest egg... that's a huge percentage increase of my overall savings. On the other hand, I don't want to OMY forever.
Any thoughts or suggestions?