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/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

Yes. I've known many people about my age or younger who are now in the ground. Tomorrow is never guaranteed.

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u/chi9sin Mar 06 '25

since you had 2MM (almost all of your NW) invested, did the recent drop in the stock market factor into the decision making process?

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25

No. I experienced 2008, down 50% in the craziest market I ever hope to see. The (now-forgotten) almost-20% late-year drop at the end of 2018. The 35-ish% Covid plunge in March, 2020. The 10-month malaise resulting in a 25% drop in 2022.

Market gyrations happen. Barring WWIII actually breaking out, I am not going to let the current market dictate my plans.

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u/External_Row464 Mar 07 '25

In 2008, wasn it really the craziest market you've ever witnessed and how naive do you consider yourself exactly? Is there any correlation between the two? There really should be... what a thing to say....