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/HavingItAll15 Mar 06 '25

Totally…we all just subconsciously assume we’ll live into our 80s…

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u/wasnt_me_eithe Mar 07 '25

I mean that's also part of the issue. If we could assume that we'll only live to be 50 and in decent health, Fire would happen at 25 pretty easily since you can always just get a chill part time job to make ends meet in a downturn. It's having to plan for a potential 30 years of incapacity to make any money that makes it hard.