Why did I retire early? Stressful job...A path to FIRE (financial independence retire early)
Typical working day I’m a recent early retiree as of August 2020 at the age of 48. Since then, my pack (myself, my wife, and our Pomeranian Toby), has been traveling the eastern parts of the United States. In between these travels, we’ve spent time with our family. Recently a question came up. What was the #1 thing that made me want to retire early? After giving it some thought, I realized it was the stressful job. I hadn’t realized it while I was going through it, but since about the last two years or so of my tenure at that job, it really had become the reason for hastening my early retirement. All my life, I’ve been told that I should work 40 somewhat years then retire at the golden age of 62 or 65. I found nothing wrong with that plan for awhile. In the first few years of my working years, I just wanted to make more money so I can spend it. This drive to make money kept me going at first. It wasn’t until I quit my first full time job selling Acuras, that I realized