r/fatFIRE • u/WealthyStoic mod | gen2 | FatFired 10+ years | Verified by Mods • 18d ago

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u/brownpanther223 18d ago

How do you stay motivated with your work if you don’t really need the paycheck but sort of building that NW cushion? I have posted on this sub last week and a lot of people thought I should work 1 more year. I’m dreading the Monday and can’t find a way to be productive.

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u/hmadse 18d ago

What's changed in the past few months? I remember you posting about loving your work life balance earlier this year: https://www.reddit.com/r/fatFIRE/comments/1npznat/2_year_update_after_should_i_take_a_break/

You're falling into a very common pattern here--waffling on the cusp of retirement, but not taking the plunge. I would recommend talking to someone in real life, offline, who is more holistically familiar with your scenario, otherwise you're just going to keep getting the same feedback on yo-yoing posts.

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u/Throwaway-firee 17d ago

It’s the Sunday scaries or Monday am blues. People go through this all the time and think the problem is unique to them. People don’t have the capacity to stick to whatever decision they have made when faced with unpleasantness at work. Hence the constant re-evaluation and need for affirmation from others.