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Continue reading →: Overcoming Retirement Fears – “Yeah But” vs “Because”I keep saying it. It is almost a mantra. I have enough saved. I have enough to retire. I am trying to convince myself that I am there. How do I know and why is it hard to accept? I read bloggers, listen to FIRE podcast, read profile articles and…
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Continue reading →: Why I Choose to Write a FIRE (Path to Retirement) BlogSince 2006 I have been reading FIRE blogs. The first one I remember reading was Get Rich Slowly by J.D. Roth. Followed by Early Retirement Extreme, and the infamous Mr. Money Mustache, and many more. With blogs I feel like I got to know the people behind the words. …
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Continue reading →: Accepting we have Enough – Ex High School athlete with a few extra pounds FIREAccepting that we are almost FIRE is hard for me. Knowing we have enough money to retire is hard. It’s difficult for 3 reasons. Is the nest egg big enough? Is it generating income? Will the income cover expenses? Simple right? Just math Vader – figure it out. Retiring means accepting…
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Continue reading →: Retirement due to the GameA less noble way to say it is to retire due to the typical company political bullshit. I am noticing one thing as I tour the new “Death Star” (job). I can instantly recognize the politics for what they are. I see the posturing as managers try to build their…
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Continue reading →: Retirement can be a mental path to The Dark SideOptimist, Pessimist – Light Side, Dark Side. Happy, Sad. Ecstasy, Depression. It’s a scale with lots of grey in between. As humans we all struggle with mental health. And it affects life. Either through nature or nurture people typically fall on one side of the emotional scale. I would say…
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Continue reading →: Where am I with regards to F.I.R.E.Where am I on my FIRE journey? I have to say I likely have enough financially. To be honest the number has been hit, moved, and soon to be hit again. I struggle with the security of it and the fact that although I am likely financially free I have…
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Continue reading →: Why the “Vader on Fire” Blog NameWhy Vader as part of my blog name? The movie came out when I was 7. And now all the main characters have been retired (killed off) in the last set of movies. The timing seems to be right to align with my retirement. Except I hope not to be…
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Continue reading →: Let there be Light (saber)“Let there be Light (saber),” and there was a Lightsaber. Vader saw that the lightsaber could be a force for good or bad, and he tried to separate the light from the darkness. Vader called the light “Retirement” and the darkness he called “Work”. And then there was a…
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