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Selected life timeline 2022—2026

He escaped burnout. A family and a farm rewrote the retirement he bought.

Captain FI’s early retirement made room for recovery and caring for his mother. Years later, parenting, a hobby farm and travel filled the days. The new life was rewarding but more demanding and expensive, with business activity still part of how the household made it work.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2022-10-12 · Personal
Not established

A comparable starting net worth was not established in these sources.

Source
Posts2
2022
Post 01

Recovery and care displace the old scorecard

“bit off more than I can chew”

Captain FIRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Used time after leaving flying to recover and care for his seriously ill mother.
  • Took on a growing collection of websites.

How it felt

  • Questioned the habit of equating financial progress with personal worth. “net wealth = self worth”
  • Felt that website commitments had grown beyond the workload he wanted. “bit off more than I can chew”
RecoveryFamilyBoundaries
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

Mother’s care, recovery and website workload.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

2026
Post 02

The dream home has a workload

“we are probably the living definition of asset rich, cash-flow poor”

Captain FIRead original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Spent days parenting, gardening, beekeeping and working on a hobby farm.
  • Reduced blogging while his wife considered limited paid work. “I have been slowing down with the blogging”

How it felt

  • Described an uncomfortable gap between household assets and available cash. “asset rich, cash-flow poor”
  • Family responsibilities and changing costs were reshaping the earlier plan.
FamilyHomeChange
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Notes

Publication date at available precision. Retirement milestones follow the author’s own count; a missing milestone is not inferred.

Personal update, blogging pace and changing household costs.

Editorial summaries with short, attributed quotations. The original contains the full story.

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Research

Last checked Sep 2026. The accounts are self-reported. This timeline follows selected accounts, including recollections where labeled; it is not a complete archive.

  • Leave from flying began before the formal March 2022 retirement. Website businesses and farm activity continue; this is not solely a passive-portfolio lifestyle. Personal and household spending figures change scope over time.

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