Follow your dream, retire if you can; don’t wait for the perfect time…A path to FIRE (financial independence retire early)…
Murrells Inlet Marshwalk, SC Robin Williams: “There are no rules. Just follow your heart.” At my last job as an IT help desk technician, I got to know many people who were in their 60’s and 70’s. There were times we would chat about their retirement and what that may look like. We also talked about when they would like to retire among other things… It was all a good way to kill the time while we were waiting for the computer to finish rebooting after installing patches or updates. Each of those conversations left me wondering when my retirement would be… Those conversations took place before I retired early in August 2020. Prior to that, I was just fascinated with how different people thought about their own retirement. I could tell some wanted to retire soon, but couldn’t because of their kids, liked the steady income, and/or scared of the unknown. Back in 2018 or so, I heard about the passing of one of those colleagues who I had those conversations with. He was someone