Hello from Candide
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:04 pm
Basic stuff: male, 38. 30X annual expenses invested. First child expected in July.
I've long been an admirer of ERE, say 2015, or so. I must report that I have failed several times at my attempts at life-style experiments. I am not INTJ, but I do lack in social skills.
In a 4 year-period, starting in 2016, I attempted and abandoned:
* a semi-retirement (9 months)
* mini-retirement 1 (6 months)
* mini-retirement 2 (6 months -- thought it was going to be a semi-retirment
I won't call the whole process a waste, as each time I got back to work, I learned how to deal with it better, and each time I took the mini/semi retirement I was a bit better at it. I just thought that I might as well work as I had no real ability to self-direct my time in a way that doesn't lead to isolation and depression.
But having a child on the way gives me a reason to actually examine these things and see what shape I want life to have. I tentatively plan on taking a child-rearing sabbatical starting in two years that I think will last two or three years. This gives something to save and strategize for. I plan to keep a journal here as a free hobby and for accountability purposes.
I've long been an admirer of ERE, say 2015, or so. I must report that I have failed several times at my attempts at life-style experiments. I am not INTJ, but I do lack in social skills.
In a 4 year-period, starting in 2016, I attempted and abandoned:
* a semi-retirement (9 months)
* mini-retirement 1 (6 months)
* mini-retirement 2 (6 months -- thought it was going to be a semi-retirment
I won't call the whole process a waste, as each time I got back to work, I learned how to deal with it better, and each time I took the mini/semi retirement I was a bit better at it. I just thought that I might as well work as I had no real ability to self-direct my time in a way that doesn't lead to isolation and depression.
But having a child on the way gives me a reason to actually examine these things and see what shape I want life to have. I tentatively plan on taking a child-rearing sabbatical starting in two years that I think will last two or three years. This gives something to save and strategize for. I plan to keep a journal here as a free hobby and for accountability purposes.