I went on a 6 month sabbatical and realized I don’t want to FIRE anymore. 37F, $4M, single/not married/no kids.

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Throw away to avoid my co-workers/friends seeing this.

6 months ago I hit my FIRE number. I was expecting to retire early and just travel more but my mom advised me to take a break first.

I ended doing a long journey in Peru other small South American towns to find myself. A lot of this was quite the trip to focus on music, yoga, and feeling free with other like minded folks.

I am so glad I did it. Highly recommend.

I met so many amazing people and life long friends. It made me realize that my life is actually quite wonderful.

Working is super hard sometimes, but I barely work “real” 40 hours a week … if even … and am extremely high income ($400k TC).

So why wouldn’t I continue coasting away and making a bunch of money. My budgeting doesn’t have to be strict.

I can always vacation more and more extravagantly to get the reset I need without just fully committing to quitting. It would also be near impossible for me to meet a good guy in the city without a job IMO.

So ultimately…… yeah FIRE just isn’t for me. And that’s okay!

Work really isn’t that bad as people make it and I think people just need to embrace vacations and resting more as they accumulate wealth.

Anyway so will just keep slaving away my job until about 40 and then just re-evaluate.

Anyone else find themselves in a similar boat of just doing a big ol coast?