Hi, I'm officially joining this group! I'll be turning 43 in 2028. I'm a writer with an awesome/fun/flexible job that allows me to work from home and travel for work and take an absurd amount of vacation time, so I'm in no rush whatsoever to RE. I just want to have options, since mine is a volatile field, and FI would allow me to focus completely on the projects that are most important to me, and it's nice to have a specific goal. (Right now even a very non-FI cushion helps me feel a lot better about my future and options.) And I'm not constitutionally a spendypants anyway, so it's not a huge sacrifice.
I make anywhere from 60-90k before taxes (though this sometimes includes lots of reimbursed travel expenses), which will hopefully be going up a tad every year. Income may fluctuate even more in the future due to books. Right now I have 255k net worth (retirement accounts, hsa, taxable accounts, cash) and I hope to save at least 30k every year. I could probably be more extreme about it, but I really don't want the FI quest to take over my thoughts/life.
Nice to meet you, cohort!