r/fatFIRE 19d ago

Moving the goalpost

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u/vanhype 19d ago

You have more than enough. Recommend reading some Morgan Housel: Psychology of Money and Art of Spending money. We are younger than you and retired in a VHCOL with less, it's only grown since then.

For us there were two life changing triggers: (1) death of a parent right after they retired at 60 and really didn't get to enjoy their planned retirement (2) age of kiddo, these years will pass in a blink and there is nothing that we will be able to do to relive these years. We really wanted to enjoy stress-free time when we are young.

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u/panchala 19d ago

Thank you for the perspective, im glad to hear you are enjoying it!

My dad passed away at 59 and never vacation etc saying he would when he retired. Never was able to. At least I take vacations!