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Selected life timeline 2019—2020

He left the office, but a screen could still consume the day.

A former CIO kept his small business and his interest in markets. Early mornings felt productive, while recurring dates with his wife offered a counterweight to spending too much of retirement at the computer.

Finances
Net worth at retirement2019-09-12 · Household
$4,390,000

September 2019 valuation included housing, a rental property and an estimated $350,000 business interest. Final salary payments continued into January 2020.

Source
Posts2
2019
Post 01Recalled in 2020

Leaving the office behind

“It’s been awesome, purely!”

ESI Retiree 24Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • He kept his longstanding early-rising routine after leaving the office.
  • A side business continued while accrued leave extended his pay.

How it felt

  • He felt ready and positive about leaving. “It’s been awesome”
  • Keeping balance was harder than finding things to do. “struggled with balance/routine”
RoutinePartnersFreedom
ESI Retiree 24 (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Earlier period recalled in the account published 2020-07-24; this is not a separately published contemporary update.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: It’s been awesome

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: struggled with balance/routine

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

2020Year 0.67
Post 02

A screen can still take the day

“We both enjoy our own activities but we are very good together as well.”

ESI Retiree 24Read original post (opens in a new tab)

Life at the time

  • Markets, side-business tasks and exercise filled much of the day.
  • Tuesday outings and evening time with his wife were regular commitments.

How it felt

  • He enjoyed their mixture of separate and shared interests. “very good together”
  • He noticed how easily computer time expanded. “on the computer way too much”
RoutinePartnersFreedom
ESI Retiree 24 (opens in a new tab)
Notes

Dated first-person reflection; the observation date follows the interview month where stated, which can precede publication.

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: very good together

Retirement life / personal reflection; exact short excerpt: on the computer way too much

Retirement overview and reported duration.

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.

  • These are selected first-person accounts, not a complete life history. Later circumstances may differ.
  • Financial figures and household circumstances are self-reported and are not independently verified.
  • The first moment is a retrospective account of an earlier period, except where explicitly identified as a reproduced journal entry.
  • An exact age at final departure was not established; an age reported later is not substituted.

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