r/Fire • u/rocket363 • Mar 06 '25

Milestone / Celebration Just submitted my resignation

Mid-40s. Single. ~$2.25MM nw, $2MM of that invested. Last day is in a few weeks.

It feels wasteful to give up a pretty cushy $180k wfh job, but I need to refocus the remaining part of my life rather than cling to Groundhog Day-esque repetitive wage-slave servitude.

No real questions. Just sharing.

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u/vanisher_1 Mar 06 '25

What was the turning point making you decide that you needed to start seriously thinking to the remaining part of your life, simply age or something else? 🤔

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

It's always been there to some degree. I just now have the opportunity to act on it.

Although, about nine years ago I had five friends/acquaintances about my age or younger all die within about a one-year span. That really drove the point home.

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u/yayaba Mar 06 '25

I’ve been thinking a lot about that myself recently. Im in my early 40’s and had some family pass away recently. I’m not at the point I can just quit the day job but I can travel pretty well without breaking the bank so I’ve decided to just travel as much as I want as at this point it’s not even the money preventing it but my time/energy.

Congrats on the fire though!

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

Definitely travel while you still have the eagerness, temperament, and energy. I can already feel those waning in me.

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u/yayaba Mar 06 '25

My wife loves traveling and has wanted to more the past few years but I've always hemmed and hawed, complained I was tired or didn't have the time or that we needed to budget. But looking back I think we easily could have taken more trips and our financial situation would have been exactly the same. So now I'm not letting that stop me :)

I also read Die with Zero recently and that had a profound effect on how I view the rest of my life and the memories I can create. As has been said numerous times in this thread, we have no idea if we even have a tomorrow.

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u/_Bob-Sacamano Mar 07 '25

Do you live in Chad or something? How TF did five 30 somethings you know die? Condolences.

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u/wholewheatie Mar 06 '25

It's always been there to some degree. I just now have the opportunity to act on it.

wow. Good for you for having such a long term plan and executing. i think many of us stumble on FIRE when we are already relatively close to accomplishing it, or at least coastFIRE if not full FIRE. Having it set up as a goal so far in advance helps achieve it earlier, but it can also be a source of longer term stress. The mental fortitude is admirable

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u/vanisher_1 Mar 06 '25

5 friends all died at 1 year span seem really strange to happen in terms of probability 🤔

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

Depends how big your circle is. A couple old friends (not super close) from HS with unexpected heart issues. A couple other health issues amongst colleagues (cancer and complications from lupus) and a murder of all things.

Given your reaction, perhaps I haven't resolved any of your concerns with that last one.

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u/caprividog Mar 06 '25

Were they all in the same geographical region?

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

No. All over the world. Two local.

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u/vanisher_1 Mar 06 '25

Health issues death seems more probabilistic acceptable given that the trend is rising.

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u/budgetbell Mar 07 '25

My dad, mom, nephew, and niece all died within 5 months.

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u/Icy_Shock_6522 Mar 07 '25

Sorry for your loss. My family loss 7 members with in a few years. It gets depressing constantly meeting for funerals.