Guys, I did it! I handed in my two weeks' notice. Before the end of May I will be a free lady. Before I decided to quit, I had a list of things I would want to do once I FIRE'd - write, learn to sew, read up on tax code, take fitness classes. I still do want to do them, but I also feel a desire (pressure?) to work on a really big project, something that will be a legacy to leave behind. I'm 28 and I feel like I skipped a few decades in my POV. Anyway, I am extremely aware of how few years I have of extremely good health and pre-kids with which to build something, and coming off a 110% go-go-go corporate job I'm feeling torn between a life of leisure and renaissance hobbies and building something big. I feel like I will just be saddled with guilt if I don't do anything big, and I still have the secret hope that I can beef up my stash by picking up a project that will generate real income in my "retirement."
Have any of you struggled with this choice? If you ended up doing leisurely things, how did you keep the guilt from eating at you? If you went off and did a big project, how long did you wait to do it and what are your thoughts on the time you've spend devoted to it?
Thanks for your perspective.