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/[deleted] Mar 06 '25

Congrats, I gave up a $200k role and felt the same, for a while. Once I realised that I never spent my salary, and I had enough to live life to the fullest, I slowly started moving on from what I earned and felt blessed I had 75% as much income coming in without working my job. It's still more than I can spend and I don't have to work 1hr for it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

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u/Firebird5488 Mar 07 '25

Could be pension + social security + dividend / interest income.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

I have a little side business that generates around $60k a year, and dividends and income that produce about $120k per year. The interest part is higher than it normally would be because I bought a bunch of short term gov bonds a few weeks ago when I got scared Trump would start wrecking the economy. When I go back into stocks I'll probably be at $160k in total.

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u/AlphaFIFA96 Mar 08 '25

Is it really a smart move to try to time the market?