Finally gonna do that One-Man Show?

Now that's what I call fast track! I try to do a little less than the average guy each day.

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Freedom is our Strength.

I could see buying up property and managing them like slumlord

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Now

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-"God is great. Beer is good. And People are crazy!"

I understand that mindset. I don't agree with it.

Sure I want my kids to be self sufficient. I also think it would be cool to take them on a vacation, maybe with their kids, when I'm an old fart.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Did it last year and if I could I would have done it earlier

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

you can retire a profession; i don't think you can retire a vocation.

The future Mrs kind of said the same thing.
There's somewhere in the middle. I will still work and need to make money, but I simply want to downsize my home and lose the commute. I'm certainly not delusional that life will still cost money, but right now I get the pleasure of bankrolling 2 kids and an ex-wife. I intentionally live in an area with higher taxes and a more expensive house than we'll need. Once my youngest is on his own, my obligations will reduce quite a bit and I should be able to find a happy medium.

Before hitting the corporate world I was a HS teacher. Kids are a PITA but honestly it's something I would enjoy doing for the final stretch of my work life.

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Yep. After a job layoff scare combined with the 2008 economic tank and Obama becoming president (so the spectre of no more pre-existing conditions for individual health insurance), I sat down and planned out what I'd need to do to be able to retire in a decade. I decided I had to be able to live on 30% of gross salary plus job-related expenses (downtown parking, gas to work, dry cleaning, etc.) if I was going to enjoy being semi-retired.

I don't completely hold to that, but I come close. And now that my parents aren't doing well health-wise, I'm able to spend another 30% of my paycheck on taking care of them. I'm not saving anything right now beyond my 401k, but I'm not losing ground towards retirement either.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

I got a report today that a kid needs braces. Add another couple of years onto my projection.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

One down. #2 gets his in about 1 year. I've already factored that in.

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I don't even think about such things. I'll be happy to live that long.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

That is ballsy considering the most expensive 4 years are the four years after a child graduates high school.

I guess I will have to slum it on booze from Costco.

I'm not going to stop working completely at that age, but I can't imagine hanging duct 40 hours per week at that age. My body is already breaking down, as 40 rapidly approaches. I will go back when my kids go to school full time, but by the time I hit my mid 50's, I will retire from sheet metal, and find an easy part time job to take. Something to get out of the house.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way