Yeah, I think I am starting to face many internal issues that I have been brushing aside.
Let me share a little about myself. I just moved out of my parents house a month ago, and am renting with a friend of mine. Thus far it has been a good experience, my lease is for the summer months and after that it will go to month-to-month, with rent increasing at 3% each year. I moved out because I wanted to, I could afford it, and I knew that I wasn't going to grow while living at home. That said, I was thankful for the ability to live at home as it helped me save money and invest. In addition, I am getting a better understanding of what my actual expenses are, which makes it easier for me to know how much I need to have saved to achieve FIRE.
I currently have $250,000 in Vanguard and am contributing $380 a week towards it. Based on my projections I should be able to retire in about 11 years, my calculations include at 8% growth rate and no increase in contributions. This is me being conservative as this doesn't include any pay raises or bonuses (which I should have coming soon as business has been doing very well).
For the past two years my goal has been to set up this base. At the time my business was struggling with a cash crunch and a lot of debt. Now we have paid off all our debt (in April), and own our building and inventory, and have amble cash reserves. This has lifted a huge burden off my mind, but now I am trying to think ahead to the future.
This could be why lately I am having issues on what else I can do. It's easy to focus on one thing (turning around my family's business) when facing a crunch, but now that this more manageable my mind is now seeing things that I brushed aside.
With work, I've noticed that I have been less happy for the past 6 weeks. This could be possibly since we have achieved a goal we set a few years ago (to eliminate all debt), and haven't yet articulated a new goal. Do you think it would help to sit down with everyone and come up with some new goals? In general, when it comes to sales our mantra has always been, "Sell as much as you can for as much as you reasonably can."
Besides work, does anyone here have additional goals that they think might help me? I am not happy with my weight and so I am aiming to drop 10 pounds by the end of the summer by eating healthier, drinking less, and working out more.
In short, I think I have let work dictate my life for a few years, and now that it is less of a constraint on my life, I think I am trying to find ways to be happy. Is anyone has any advice, please let me know.