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@Did If you go back to work for another 12 months, spread out your income over two calendar years to minimize taxes! Shameless plug for an article detailing exactly that situation (near the end): https://coreyszmaida.com/2017/10/12/springtime-is-quitting-time/ @Classical-Liberal Try to think of your...

I wasn't clear when using the phrase "changing the goal". I wasn't speaking about the one-dimension goal of how much money to have. I had in mind the section of EREBook called "Contingency goal-setting". Paraphrasing, and going along with the example... Two axes, "work"...

@coreyszmaida - thanks for the details. Your business sounds very interesting. You have more guts than me pulling the plug at that NW. Have you thought about maybe a small income supplement by doing some part time ten hours a week work to give a bit of a buffer while focusing most energy on your bu...

Thanks for the responses everyone! That feeling of a warm welcome is quite nice. @Farm_or: Starting a side hustle before pulling the plug is something I wanted to do. My excuse for not doing it is that I had little energy left at the end of my days, especially considering that my line of work requir...

Hey everyone. 28 year-old guy from the US here. Lurking for a while, and it’s time to say hello! Particularly want to reach out to folks still in the accumulation phase. In short: keep going! Don’t get impatient like me! My path to FI has been weird one. One that Jacob would disagree with. It’s been...