One thing has occurred to me. I'm able to do the math and figure out my income based on a 4% rate, but it's tricky because right now income is decent and we're saving a fair amount.
Just to be clear on the 4% SWR, that's based on what you'll be spending in retirement. You'll get rid of some of your working expenses (saving for retirement, commuting, attire, outsourcing your domestic chores) and you'll pick up some new retirement expenses (travel, enhanced hobby activities, more entertainment).
A huge advantage of ER is personal time independence. You have the time to resume your domestic chores. You'll have the time to do things off-peak for extended periods (slow travel) and you'll be able to review every little expense and renegotiate (insurance, Internet). You'll also be able to develop new skills (if you're interested) in appliance repairs and vehicle maintenance.
Do the best you can to forecast your retirement budget, and stay flexible.
1. What age did you finally FIRE?
Age 41, in June 2002 when I retired from active duty with the U.S. Navy. (Our daughter was nine years old.) For the first few months of ER we had a lot of fun watching the stock market continue to go down while second-guessing our financial planning.
2. What was your net worth?
I'll go there.
According to our Quicken history, $1,715,075. That included "dead equity" in a Hawaii personal residence and a rental property. This was also before we considerably reduced our spending through serial mortgage refinancings and the other tactics I mentioned above. Overall our net worth has grown since then, despite some really impressive dips in 2002-03 and 2008-09.
3. Did you find you kept working in some capacity knowing the money you were earning was more "efficient" aka - going to you and not to savings or something else?
Ha! I ended up turning down the employment opportunities because the dissatisfiers (work attire, commuting, meetings) still outweighed any possible satisfiers. The 4% SWR was working in our favor and getting a job was way down there in "Plan B".
My "work" consisted of parenting, home improvement, and surfing. After a few years I added writing to the list.
4. How many years have you been "FIRED?"
14 years. So far so good!