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those last 6 months of work - psychological challenges
financiallypossible:
I've been inside the stretch run (final 6 months of work) for several months now and it's been very challenging for me psychologically. I have so much freedom and flexibility with my work, yet, I have grown to strongly dislike not being the owner of my own time. I have about another 2 months left.
I keep thinking about what I'm going towards rather than what I'll be moving away from, but it just doesn't seem to help.
I want to volunteer to provide free financial coaching to others.
I want to spend significantly more time with my daughter and wife.
I want to build an army of like-minded FIRE individuals to go out and change the world.
And I want all that now or even yesterday. These desires became even stronger when I read Pete's eulogy to his father.
For those of you who already achieved FIRE, how did you push/motivate yourself during those final few months?
Libertea:
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/post-fire/dead-manwoman-walking/
gerardc:
I'm not sure if the last 6 months cause psychological challenges to you, or if existing psychological challenges make you want to quit in 6 months :)
But yeah, I hear that affects many people of normal retirement age (65) for the last months or years before retirement. Probably because you need goals at work not to be bored, and you just stop setting goals when your exit is imminent.
Miss Prim:
On a side note, as far as volunteering to do financial counseling, I am volunteering this tax season to do tax returns for seniors and low income people and I asked about doing financial counseling and there is a program for that too. I am volunteering with VITA through United Way. Not sure if you are in the U.S., but if you are interested you could look into that.
I also found it so hard to keep working after I decided to retire, that I upped my retirement date a few months before I was planning on retiring. I just couldn't wait that long!
Good luck to you. Miss Prim
financiallypossible:
--- Quote from: Miss Prim on January 24, 2017, 07:22:12 AM ---On a side note, as far as volunteering to do financial counseling, I am volunteering this tax season to do tax returns for seniors and low income people and I asked about doing financial counseling and there is a program for that too. I am volunteering with VITA through United Way. Not sure if you are in the U.S., but if you are interested you could look into that.
I also found it so hard to keep working after I decided to retire, that I upped my retirement date a few months before I was planning on retiring. I just couldn't wait that long!
Good luck to you. Miss Prim
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Hi Miss Prim,
We have been pulling my wife's retirement date in by months/weeks earlier than what we were planning last year.
I am in the US. What were the requirements for you to do volunteering with VITA through United Way? Background checks, certain training, etc.?
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