![]() I hope that gift of presence is something he'll benefit from and remember fondly when he's older.īetween COVID, my wife's work schedule and my son's school schedule, I haven't done lots of traveling. I can be there for him without any competing obligations. It takes a lot of time, but I'm grateful that I have that time. Now that school is back in session, I walk him to school, read books and do Legos with him, and help with his homework. Over the summer, I repainted his room, took him to the beach, took him on hikes, and spent many hot days at the pool. While she's working, I'm the stay-at-home dad to our son. If she wants to join me in retirement next year so we can travel more, or if she wants to keep working a while longer and let our net worth grow, both those options are perfectly fine with me. I've done my best not to pressure my wife either way. I was planning to withdraw between 2.5% and 3%, which should survive a dip like this, but I'm not upset about not having to put that to the test just yet. I'm down about $400,000 from my all-time high, but I'm not stressing at all. Her salary plus the dividend payouts from my taxable account cover our expenses, plus we get that sweet employer-paid health insurance. Her job is easy, low-stress and 80% working from home, and she wants to keep working at least until the stock market recovers. But then the markets dropped, and she didn't like the idea of giving up her paycheck while our net worth was decreasing. The plan was for my wife to quit in 2022. OK, let me put this out there to start with: I'm a complete fraud. Technically, this one-year update is a little late, but I have an excuse: I've been having too much goddamn fun! I FIREd last July with $2.3M in investments, zero debt and a paid-off place. As is tradition, I'm back to fill you in on how it's been going.īasic details: 39M at retirement, 40 now. Greetings, FIers! I retired in summer 2021.
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