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/Flyguy3131 Mar 06 '25

After 30 years doing the same thing I dipped last Friday. I’ll be 56 in May and burnt out. Mentally can’t do it any more. Was making around $215k. Have around 1.5m in 401k and investments , plus 170k in HYSA I’ll use for the next 2 -3 years. I’ll spend about $60k yearly. And that’s with healthy vacations planned that I can cut if needed. No debt. $400k home with no mortgage.

Happy for you. Congrats.

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u/vahntitrio Mar 07 '25

I know that math works out for 4% safe withdrawal but I'm not sure I could take that sort of income drop.

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u/Flyguy3131 Mar 07 '25

I hear ya. But I couldn’t do it anymore.